What Do Hurricanes Look Like From Space? ISS Astronaut Shares Pictures Of Hurricane Irma
What does a large hurricane look like when seen from the near-earth orbit of the International Space Station?
Astronaut Randy Bresnik, who is currently stationed onboard the ISS, was nice enough to share some new images — which give a bird’s eye view of the enormous Hurricane Irma when it was near its peak.
While images of hurricanes have been taken from the ISS before and shared publicly, the new ones of Irma really do stand out to me. What a massive, powerful storm.
Here are some images that he shared via Twitter, showing both Hurricane Irma itself and also the aftermath of the storm:
The tentacles of the bow wave of #Irma clawing its way up Florida…. pic.twitter.com/BKCS8RrCnB
— Randy Bresnik (@AstroKomrade) September 10, 2017
The US Virgin Islands reeling from #Irma’s passage…. pic.twitter.com/sMtDxS7I9N
— Randy Bresnik (@AstroKomrade) September 10, 2017
The beautiful sands of Turks & Caicos churned up into a kaleidoscope of colors after #Irma. pic.twitter.com/Z0tZI46JCX
— Randy Bresnik (@AstroKomrade) September 10, 2017
And here’s one of Hurricane Jose as well:
Hurricane #Jose regrettably following a familiar path… pic.twitter.com/dWYNPbJ6QT
— Randy Bresnik (@AstroKomrade) September 10, 2017
Quite a view, right? More to come in the months and years ahead….
As an end note here, apparently Bresnik is from Houston, Texas — so he got to witness the disaster of his home town from a distance above as it occurred. That must have been a strange experience.
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