Hurricane Igor from the Space Station

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of the eye of Hurricane Igor on September 14, 2010.

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Astronaut photograph ISS024-E-14580 was acquired on September 14, 2010, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 180 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 24 crew.. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. Lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published September 16, 2010
Data acquired September 14, 2010

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography