Collection of pictures of hurricanes, taken from orbit

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Collection of pictures of hurricanes, taken from orbit

#1 Postby Category 7 » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:51 pm

This is an interesting collection of 25 photos of hurricanes taken from space.
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Re: Collection of pictures of hurricanes, taken from orbit

#2 Postby Skintback26 » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:09 pm

Its amazing that something that beautiful,can be so destructive,huh?...Great photos! :cheesy:
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Re: Collection of pictures of hurricanes, taken from orbit

#3 Postby Category 5 » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:39 pm

Hurricane Ike was still a Category 4 storm on the morning of Sept. 4 when this photo was taken from the International Space Station's vantage point of 220 miles above the Earth. The season's seventh named storm was churning west-northwestward through the mid-Atlantic Ocean sporting winds of 120 nautical miles per hour with gusts to 145. (photo courtesy NASA and the crew of the International Space Station)

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#4 Postby abajan » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:52 pm

Sweeet! Thanks so much for sharing these awesome pix, Category 7. I think Isabel's are the best of the lot.

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Re: Collection of pictures of hurricanes, taken from orbit

#5 Postby HurricaneBill » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:33 pm

They forgot one of the most famous pictures of a hurricane from space!

Hurricane Elena 1985
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Here's another:

Hurricane Ellen 1973
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Re: Collection of pictures of hurricanes, taken from orbit

#6 Postby Cookiely » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:56 am

Which hurricane had some sort of wierd configuration in the eye. Sort of an X shape or something. There was a beautiful pic posted here. Was it Ivan?
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Re: Collection of pictures of hurricanes, taken from orbit

#7 Postby weathermom » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:43 am

I remember that shot, and yes, I believe it was Ivan. I thought I had saved that image, but I can't find it in my files.
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