Satellite Movie Sees Record-Breaking Hurricane Patricia

Hold onto your hats!! According to nasa.gov:

On October 22, Patricia was a Category one hurricane. By 8 a.m. EDT on October 23, 2015, the National Hurricane Center reported Patricia became the strongest eastern north pacific hurricane on record with sustained winds near 200 mph.

An animation of images captured from October 20 to 23 from NOAA's GOES-West satellite showed Hurricane Patricia intensify within 24 hours and develop a clear eye near the coast of western Mexico. The animation was created at NASA/NOAA GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

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From @CNN, these are the strongest hurricane's in history. Hope everyone is safe. #HurricanePatricia pic.twitter.com/1tV2IK9Prt

— Rishi Talati™ (@MrTalati) October 24, 2015

Just look at the sheer size of #HurricanePatricia pic.twitter.com/itoDxSkLZ4

— World Pictures (@Iandscaped) October 24, 2015

How it looks inside #HurricanePatricia pic.twitter.com/Lj2Av66t2H

— Gabriella (@kissmymistakes) October 23, 2015

EPIC View of Moon Transiting the Earth

This animated vid showing real satellite images of the far side of the moon transiting the Earth is only 20 secs long and 2 days old and has already generated over 1M views on YouTube. Note how much darker the moon looks -  a great demonstration of just how dark the surface of the moon is compared to the Earth as one viewer points out. Usually we see it as the brightest thing in the sky...
 

The moon, illuminated by the sun, crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and telescope, and the Earth - one million miles away.

 

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