Detail of NOAA Satellites GeoColor Full Disk Image on October 9, 2024 at 04:00 UTC.
Hurricane Milton, feared to be the storm of the century, is already looming over Florida.
The proportions of this storm are nothing to joke about.
Detail of NOAA Satellites GeoColor Full Disk Image on October 9, 2024 at 04:00 UTC. (Photo: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR)
Easy to spot even for the untrained eye, the storm appears even bigger than some metropolitan areas.
The images captured by GOES show another worrisome feature of the hurricane.
Its pinhole eyeas it is only a few nautical miles in diameteris a characteristic of rapidly intensifying hurricanes.
NOAA Satellites GeoColor Full Disk Image on October 8, 2024 at 02:10 UTC. (Photo: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR)
In turn, a tightly wound center indicates the potential for extreme strength.
Meanwhile, astronaut Matthew Dominick documented the hurricane from a window above the ISS.
We flew over Hurricane Milton about 90 minutes ago, Dominick wrote onInstagram.
Here is the view out the Dragon Endeavour window.
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NOAA Satellites GeoColor Full Disk Image on October 8, 2024 at 02:10 UTC.
