Watch Hurricane Irma from space as the huge storm makes landfall
Hurricane Irma is one of the most powerful storms to sweep through the Atlantic Ocean, and even space-based cameras are taking notice.
Imagers mounted to the outside of the International Space Station captured the storm swirling over islands in the Caribbean on Wednesday, where Irma made its first landfall.
In a nearly nine-minute video, you can see the massive storm with its well-defined eye and 180-mph-winds for make landfall on the area where Anguilla, Barbuda and other islands are located.
Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli made a photo collage of the enormous storm covering the Caribbean. Read more...
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