INCREDIBLE NASA ISS PHOTOS OF WILMA

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INCREDIBLE NASA ISS PHOTOS OF WILMA

#1 Postby weatherFrEaK » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:13 pm

here...when she was at her peak intensity on Wednesday:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stati ... wilma.html
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#2 Postby HURAKAN » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:16 pm

NASA, as always, getting the best pictures. Of course, you can do that when you are in outer space!
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#3 Postby isobar » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:04 pm

Absolutely breathtaking.
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#4 Postby coriolis » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:19 pm

At Wilma's peak, the winds were 175 mph, and the eye was 3 miles in diameter. If you do the math, that means that the eyewall made 18 complete revolutions in an hour, or one revolution in approximately 3 minutes.

The astronauts could actually see it rotating. I wonder if they got any video.
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#5 Postby weatherFrEaK » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:46 pm

more great stuff here:

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookin ... wilma.html

including some video/animations
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