Image: Hurricane Frances from the ISS - 10AM. EDT AUG 27 2004

Description: This photo of Hurricane Frances was taken by Astronaut Mike Fincke aboard the International Space Station as he flew 230 statute miles above the storm at about 9 a.m. CDT Friday, Aug. 27, 2004. At the time, Frances was located 820 miles east of the Lesser Antilles in the Atlantic Ocean, moving west-northwest at 10 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. Fincke, the NASA ISS Science Officer and Flight Engineer, and Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka are in the fifth month of a six-month flight aboard the Station. ISS Crew Earth Observations: ISS009-E-20440 Identification Mission ISS009 (Expedition 9) Roll E Frame 20440 Country or Geographic Name ATLANTIC OCEAN Features PAN-HURRICANE FRANCES Center Point Latitude 15.0° N Center Point Longitude -49.0° E Camera Camera Tilt High Oblique Camera Focal Length 35 mm Camera Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera Film 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array. Quality Percentage of Cloud Cover 26-50% Nadir What is Nadir? Date 2004-08-27 Time 14:02:10 Nadir Point Latitude 5.8° N Nadir Point Longitude -50.0° E Nadir to Photo Center Direction North Sun Azimuth 77° Spacecraft Altitude 195 nautical miles (361 km) Sun Elevation Angle 70° Orbit Number 953
Title: Hurricane Frances from the ISS - 10AM. EDT AUG 27 2004
Credit: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12379
Author: Image ISS009E20440 was provided by the by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.
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