Capturing a hurricane from 230 miles above the Atlantic
In short: Watch how NASA utilized cameras aboard the International Space Station to document Hurricane Katia as it moved across the western Atlantic. This footage provides a unique orbital perspective on a storm's structure and movement.
On September 7, 2011, at 9:35 a.m. EDT, cameras aboard the International Space Station captured views of Hurricane Katia from an altitude of 230 miles. At the time of filming, the storm was moving northwest at 10 miles per hour with winds packing about 90 miles per hour.
The footage highlights the storm's position in the western Atlantic, well away from the United States east coast. Meteorologists expected Katia to continue its path north and eventually northeast, missing both Bermuda and the U.S.
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