NASA Pictures of Hurricanes From Area

Hurricane season is beneath technique, and due to many eyes all through the sky, we now have views of those storms that earlier generations might solely consider. NASA affords numerous invaluable viewpoints to confirm hurricanes, whether or not or not or not from 22,000-mile-high satellites or the Worldwide Dwelling Station, which orbits about 250 miles overhead.

This could be a check out just some of the realm agency’s greatest photos of tropical cyclones:

Hurricane Dorian (2019)

NASA astronaut Christian Koch snapped this picture of Hurricane Dorian from the Worldwide Dwelling Station on Sept. 2.
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Hurricane Dorian, which devastated the Bahamas in late August and early September, was captured on this picture on Sept. 2 from the Worldwide Dwelling Station. The storm led to widespread damage and on the very least 5 deaths all through the Bahamas as of Sept. 3, largely on account of heavy flooding on account of the storm lingered in place. It is anticipated to proceed northward alongside the U.S. coast in coming days.

Hurricane Florence (2018)

Hurricane Florence churning over the Atlantic, as captured by astronauts on the Worldwide Dwelling Station.
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“Ever stared down the gaping eye of a class 4 hurricane? It is chilling, even from house,” mentioned European Dwelling Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, who was residing and dealing aboard the Worldwide Dwelling Station in 2018.

A high-definition video digicam exterior the realm station captured photos of Hurricane Florencea Class 4 storm on the time. The video was taken Sept. 11, 2018, as Florence crossed the Atlantic with winds of 130 mph. The hurricane went on to set off heavy flooding and extreme damage all through the Carolinas.

Hurricane Harvey (2017)

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik took this picture of Hurricane Harvey from the ISS.
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Harvey was the primary main hurricane of the 2017 hurricane season, and the primary main hurricane to make landfall throughout the U.S. since Wilma in 2005. Harvey resulted in essential flooding all through the Houston, Texas, home.

Lifespan: Aug. 17, 2017 – Sept. 2, 2017

Max. wind tempo: 130 mph (Class 4)

Hurricane Irene (2011)

Astronaut Ron Garan snapped this picture of Hurricane Irene from the Worldwide Dwelling Station on account of the storm handed over the Caribbean on Aug. 22, 2011.
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Irene made numerous landfalls as a hurricane and as a tropical storm all through the Caribbean and alongside the East Coast of america. It traveled from St. Croix all the way in which during which by way of which as rather a lot as Brooklyn in New York Metropolis, the place it launched on appreciable flooding.

Lifespan: Aug. 21-30, 2011

Max. wind tempo: 120 mph (Class 3)

Hurricane Invoice (2009)

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The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season had been quiet — thanks largely to El Niño — till it lurched awake in August. Tropical storms Ana, Invoice and Claudette all customary inside 5 days of one another, and Invoice grew to develop to be a lethal Class 4. After numerous weeks of spitting out weak storms, nonetheless, the Atlantic remained principally calm in ’09 whereas typhoons plagued the Pacific.

Lifespan: Aug. 15-26, 2009

Max. wind tempo: 130 mph (Class 4)

Hurricane Ivan (2004)

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Hurricane Ivan was a robust, long-lived cyclone that made two U.S. landfalls and reached Class 5 vitality thrice. This picture was shot from the Worldwide Dwelling Station as Ivan spun within the route of Gulf Shores, Ala., the place storm surges swelled to 16 toes. Ivan furthermore dumped 15 inches of rain in some locations and spawned 23 tornadoes in Florida alone.

Lifespan: Sept. 2-24, 2004

Max. wind tempo: 165 mph (Class 5)

Hurricane Frances (2004)

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Hurricane Frances battered the Bahamas on Sept. 1, 2004, caught all through the act correct proper right here by NASA’s SeaWiFS satellite tv for pc television for computer tv for laptop computer. The storm then moved on within the route of central Florida, merely three weeks after Hurricane Charley had already ravaged the world — and three weeks before Hurricane Jeanne would ravage it as quickly as further.

Lifespan: Aug. 24-Sept. 6, 2004

Max. wind tempo: 140 mph (Class 4)

Hurricane Isabel (2003)

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Seen correct proper right here three days before inserting North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Hurricane Isabel was the strongest, costliest and deadliest storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Its well-defined eye was practically 50 miles large when this picture was taken from aboard the realm station Sept. 15, 2003.

Lifespan: Sept. 6-20, 2003

Max. wind tempo: 165 mph (Class 5)

Hurricane Emily (2005)

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As they orbited excessive above the Gulf of Mexico on July 16, 2005, the space-station crew seen this moonrise staring down into the attention of Hurricane Emily, a rising Class 4 storm on the time. It was a Class 5 the following day, lastly turning into the strongest acknowledged Atlantic hurricane to ever kind in July.

Lifespan: July 10-21, 2005

Max. wind tempo: 160 mph (Class 5)

Hurricane Katrina (2005)

Hurricane Katrina‘s financial, ecological and emotional toll can nonetheless be felt years after it devastated New Orleans and utterly totally different Gulf Coast cities. This overhead view was captured by NASA’s GOES-12 native climate satellite tv for pc television for computer tv for laptop computer on Aug. 28, 2005 — the day before Katrina grew to develop to be more than likely most likely probably the most damaging hurricane in U.S. historic earlier.

Lifespan: Aug. 23-30, 2005

Max. wind tempo: 175 mph (Class 5)

Hurricane Gordon (2006)

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An astronaut aboard the realm shuttle Atlantis shot this picture of Hurricane Gordon on Sept. 15, 2006, utilizing a 35mm digital digicam. Gordon was one amongst three consecutive cyclones in 2006 (together with Florence and Helene) that prevented landfall in North America by swooping northeast within the route of the British Isles.

Lifespan: Sept. 11-21, 2006

Max. wind tempo: 121 mph (Class 3)

Hurricane Wilma (2005)

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This portrait of Hurricane Wilma’s eye and cloud deck was taken by a space-station crew member 220 miles overhead on Oct. 19, 2005. Wilma was more than likely most likely probably the most intense hurricane ever recorded all through the Atlantic, with a report low stress of 882 millibars, and was the third Class 5 storm all by way of the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season.

Lifespan: Oct. 15-26, 2005

Max. wind tempo: 175 mph (Class 5)

Hurricane Ophelia (2005)

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Hurricane Ophelia, framed correct proper right here by a window on the realm station, was the fifteenth named storm and eighth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season. It fluctuated wildly in vitality and tempo, with its eye rising wider than 100 miles all by way of at one stage. The attention definitely not made landfall, nonetheless Ophelia skirted shut ample to the U.S. coast to set off $70 million in damage.

Lifespan: Sept. 6-17, 2005

Max. wind tempo: 85 mph (Class 1)

Hurricane Andrew (1992)

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This panoramic picture, courtesy of NASA’s GOES-7 satellite tv for pc television for computer tv for laptop computer, shows the Earth on Aug. 25, 1992, when Hurricane Andrew had merely carved its notorious path by way of South Florida and was headed for additional in Louisiana. Andrew was one amongst solely two Class 5 storms to kind all through the Nineties, and stays the second-costliest hurricane in U.S. historic earlier, following Katrina.

Lifespan: Aug. 16-28, 1992

Max. wind tempo: 175 mph (Class 5)

Hurricane Jane (2004)

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The two.8 million Floridians who evacuated Hurricane Frances in 2004 did not have fairly rather a lot time to regroup before Hurricane Jeanne obtained proper right here knocking. When this picture was shot from the realm station on Sept. 25, 2004, Jeanne’s 60-mile-wide eye was about six hours away from making landfall close to Stuart, Fla. — practically precisely the equal place Frances had hit three weeks earlier.

Lifespan: Sept. 13-27, 2004

Max. wind tempo: 120 mph (Class 3)

1943 ‘Shock’ Hurricane

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No, this picture wasn’t taken from a satellite tv for pc television for computer tv for laptop computer, nonetheless it nonetheless highlights the significance of NASA’s eyes all through the sky. The “shock” hurricane of 1943 was solely a Class 1 storm, nonetheless it devastated the Texas coast on account of individuals weren’t ready. There have been no native climate satellites in 1943, and ships’ radio indicators had been silenced on account of U.S. factors about German U-boats invading the Gulf of Mexico — so there was little warning.

Lifespan: July 25-28, 1943

Max. wind tempo: 86 mph (Class 1)