images

Close-up of the eye of hurricane Dean

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-nua01-00345

Date

2007-11-08

18 Aug. 2007 Crewmembers on the Space Shuttle Endeavour captured this image around noon CDT of hurricane Dean in the Caribbean. At the time the shuttle and International Space Station passed overhead, the Category 4 storm was moving westerly at 17 mph nearing Jamaica carrying sustained winds of 150 mph.