As the International Space Station orbited about  240 miles (386 km) above the Earth on Saturday, the Expedition 7 crew was able to capture some impressive imagery of Hurricane Isabel as it churned in the Atlantic Ocean. Isabel was a Category 5 hurricane at the time the photos were taken.

By Monday afternoon, Isabel's top sustained winds dropped significantly to 125 mph from 140 mph in the morning. The storm remains a dangerous Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity. Isabel had been a Category 5, with winds exceeding 155 mph at times, off-and-on since Friday.

Aboard the ISS on Monday, the crew continued troubleshooting efforts on the Resistive Exercise Device weightlifting machine. The crew was having problems adjusting the resistance on one of the device's canisters. In other activities, the crew continued to oversee ISS systems and science operations.

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