This unusual high-oblique (from the side) panoramic view of the eye of
Hurricane Emily was shot by the crew of the International Space Station (ISS)
while they passed over the southern Gulf of Mexico looking eastward toward the
rising moon
This
unusual high-oblique (from the side) panoramic view of the eye of Hurricane
Emily was shot by the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) while they
passed over the southern Gulf of Mexico looking eastward toward the rising
moon.
The
image, acquired on July 16, 2005, was taken by the astronauts aboard the
station for the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science
& Analysis Group at JohnsonSpaceCenter.
The
eye appears as a depression in the cloud deck, which stretches out to the
horizon and fades into the limb (the bright blue cross-section) of the Earth’s
atmosphere. At the time this image was taken, Emily was a strengthening
Category 4 hurricane with wind speeds approaching 155 miles per hour. The
hurricane was moving west-northwest over the northwest Caribbean Sea about 135
miles southwest of Kingston,
Jamaica.
Image
Credit: NASA
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