Hurricane Dorian Seen from Aboard International Space Station

Photo Credit: NASA

NASA scientists are keeping their eyes on Hurricane Dorian, as are the hurricane hunters and meteorologists throughout the United States as the Category 4 storm now threatens Florida and much of the southeastern US coastline.

“Our Earth satellites and aircraft have a unique ability to watch as storms form, travel across the ocean and sometimes make landfall while giving details on a hurricane’s heavy rain, cloud height and wind, NASA said in a statement on its website Monday afternoon.

NASA astronaut Christian Koch snapped the latest image of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station during a flyover on Monday (Sept. 2 2019). The station orbits more than 200 miles above the Earth, according to NASA.