NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tropical Storm 12S built up steam and became a cyclone on February 10, 2012 as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead.

Cyclone Jasmine's eye has opened wider on NASA satellite imagery, as it moves through the Southern Pacific Ocean.

The punch has quickly gone out of Tropical Cyclone Cyril as colder sea surface temperatures and strong wind shear have dissipated the system.

The low pressure area designated as System 90L almost became famous on Monday, February 6, because it appeared to have a chance of becoming a subtropical depression.

Tropical Cyclone Funso was captured and became famous again, in one of the first images from the VIIRS instrument aboard a new NASA/NOAA satellite.

Check NASA's Hurricane Twitter feed for a daily behind the scenes look at storms in the tropics.

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