International Space Station Captures Image Of Large Thunderstorm Over West Africa
Image above courtesy of Spaceweather.com

On February 5th, 2008 the International Space Station flew over the country of Mali - located in West Africa.  One of the astronauts snapped this photo of a very large thunderstorm.  Please note the huge anvil shape at the top of this thunderstorm, along with the overshooting tops where the best lift in this particular thunderstorm was occurring at the time the picture was taken.

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