A NASA astronaut captured stunning images of the destructive Hurricane Beryl from the International Space Station, approximately 400 km above the Earth's surface. Matthew Dominick published the images taken while the space station traveled over 200 miles above the Caribbean on July 1st. Hurricane Beryl resulted in at least six fatalities and is expected to bring life-threatening winds and storms to Jamaica. Dominick directed his lens toward the Earth on Monday as Beryl made landfall in the Caribbean islands. At that time, the hurricane was still a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph (209 km/h).
"We flew right over the top of Hurricane Beryl today. Peering down into the eye with the 50 to 500 mm lens gave me both an eerie feeling and a high level of weather nerd excitement."
Whole Hurricane: 50mm, f9, ISO 1000, 1/32000
Eye: 210mm (50 to 500m lens), f13, ISO 1000, 1/26000 pic.twitter.com/731tEy0CJh— Matthew Dominick (@dominickmatthew) July 1, 2024
The images show the storm swirling over the Atlantic Ocean, with an eye in the center, according to SWNS. NASA studies hurricanes from space through images like those captured by the astronaut as "the vantage point helps scientists understand how climate change affects hurricanes and how communities can better prepare."
