Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Film Strips from a U-2 flying "considerably above" 50,000 foot top of 1961 Hurricane Carla show the "eye" clearly. The cloud layers and counter clockwise motion are typical of tropical storms such as this. High "wall clouds" at top tower up into the stratosphere. Dark spots are the earth.
Film Strips from a U-2 flying "considerably above" 50,000 foot top of 1961 Hurricane Carla show the "eye" clearly. The cloud layers and counter clockwise motion are typical of tropical storms such as this. High "wall clouds" at top tower up into the stratosphere. Dark spots are the earth.
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Film Strips from a U-2 flying "considerably above" 50,000 foot top of 1961 Hurricane Carla show the "eye" clearly. The cloud layers and counter clockwise motion are typical of tropical storms such as this. High "wall clouds" at top tower up into the stratosphere. Dark spots are the earth.

United States. Air Force · [ca. October 1964]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Weather: Hurricane: Misc.

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