Gallery: Thank El Niño and Climate Change for Huge Hurricane Patricia

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    Full disk image of the western hemisphere shows Patricia (circled) bearing down on Mexico.
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    Taken from NOAA's GOES West satellite, this is one of the first visible satellite images taken the morning of October 23.
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    A window view from NOAA Corps P-3 Hurricane Hunter flying through Hurricane Patricia.
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    Radar of Hurricane Patricia's eye, taken October 22 as NOAA's P-3 Hurricane Hunter flew through the storm.
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    An infrared image of Patricia from the GOES West satellite.
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    An infrared image of Hurricane Patricia.
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    This is a wind field analysis done by the Center for Cooperative Research in the Atmosphere, at Colorado State University.
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