Hurricane Irene over the eastern United States

NASA satellite image of Hurricane Irene captured on August 27, 2011 at 18:50 UTC (2:50 p.m. EDT) over the eastern United States.

NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

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  1. ★

    bswise, sukumarsatyen, ezragildesgame, tiger-robin, and 36 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. /\ \/\/ /\ (21 months ago | reply)

    what a spinner

  3. contiflex [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)

    hope everyone affected by this is doing OK

  4. [ lee ] (21 months ago | reply)

    Gee, from space it doesn't look so bad. NOT!

  5. subliculous (21 months ago | reply)

    ay caramba

  6. thejourney1972 (South America addicted) (21 months ago | reply)

    Wow !! Impressive !!

  7. toureasy47201 (21 months ago | reply)

    Amazing just how big this storm is.

  8. Éothain (21 months ago | reply)

    wow

  9. Rafał P. (21 months ago | reply)

    Great!

  10. dodagp (21 months ago | reply)

    Effectively demonstrating its dynamism !

  11. MigueleNorfolk (21 months ago | reply)

    nice

  12. DarkAngelDay (21 months ago | reply)

    Wow!

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