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Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 mission
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Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 mission

NASA / JSC · 1996-12-06 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS080-731-009 (19 Nov.-7 Dec. 1996) --- The space shuttle Columbia astronauts photographed this Southern Hemisphere cyclone named Daniella, as it gathered force off the east coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Being in the Southern Hemisphere it spins clockwise, just the opposite of the Northern Hemisphere hurricanes and typhoons.

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Credit lineEarth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 mission. NASA/JSC, 1996-12-06. Public domain. ID: sts080-731-009.

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