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NASA Space Station Photo: Hurricane Earl As Seen From Orbit

By SpaceRef Editor
September 1, 2010
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NASA Space Station Photo: Hurricane Earl As Seen From Orbit
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Photographed by an Expedition 24 crew member on the International Space Station, this is an oblique view of the eye (center) of Hurricane Earl (at this time a category 4 but later downgraded to a category 3), centered just north of the Virgin Islands near 19.3 north latitude and 64.7 west longitude packing 115-kilometer winds.

The photo was taken with a digital still camera using a 50mm lens. high res (0.8 M) low res (40 K)

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