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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMessage from space: 'Watch out, America! A no kidding nightmare coming'
Alexander Gerst @Astro_Alex Sep 12
Watch out, America! #HurricaneFlorence is so enormous, we could only capture her with a super wide-angle lens from the @Space_Station, 400 km directly above the eye. Get prepared on the East Coast, this is a no-kidding nightmare coming for you. #Horizons
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Message from space: 'Watch out, America! A no kidding nightmare coming' (Original Post)
bigtree
Sep 2018
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riversedge
(70,186 posts)1. It is a beautiful picture of Mother Nature--but so dangerous.
Delmette2.0
(4,164 posts)2. This is the international space station.
So why don't we hear about similar pictures and warnings about the Pacific hurricanes (cyclones). Perhaps I am not watching their website close enough?
bigtree
(85,986 posts)3. NASA has weather satellites
Delmette2.0
(4,164 posts)4. Thank you!