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The hurricane Dean

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-nua01-00346

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

2007 - CLIMATE - CLOUD - CYCLONE - DEAN - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EYE - HURRICANE - METEOROLOGY - STORM - STS-118 - TROPICAL STORM -