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A Rare Cyclone on the Equator

Storms like Typhoon Vamei are not supposed to happen.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A Rare Cyclone on the Equator.

Image courtesy NASA/JPL QuikSCAT science team

Published May 9, 2003

Source:: QuikSCAT