Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane? It’s chilling, even from space. #HurricaneFlorence #Horizons https://t.co/RdDmGgduou pic.twitter.com/2TlMghY4OL
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) September 12, 2018
Hurricane Florence is currently bearing down on the Southeast, specifically the Carolina’s, and the slow-moving hurricane has everyone worried with the amount of rain it could dump, with a potential to cause massive flooding–not to mention the damage from 80 mile-per-hour winds expected later today.
Spanish Astronaut, Alexander Gerst was part of an international crew that took these incredible photos of Florence from the International Space Station and they are intense, to say the least. “Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane,” Gerst asked on Twitter. “It’s chilling, even from space.”
Watch out, America! #HurricaneFlorence is so enormous, we could only capture her with a super wide-angle lens from the @Space_Station, 400 km directly above the eye. Get prepared on the East Coast, this is a no-kidding nightmare coming for you. #Horizons pic.twitter.com/ovZozsncfh
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) September 12, 2018
Gerst was in absolute awe of the storm, as we all would be, saying the storm was so wide they could only capture it with a wide angle lens. “Watch out America,” he says. Check out the video below of how they captured these photos and here’s hoping for the safety of those along the Southeastern Seaboard.
Wonder how the @Space_Station astronauts took those pictures of #HurricaneFlorence? Here’s a behind-the-scenes look. #Horizons https://t.co/BZH3D1GPkb pic.twitter.com/q6XVEnSNQX
— Human Spaceflight (@esaspaceflight) September 13, 2018
