Hurricane Rina Rages in Space Station Astronaut Video

NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team

Oct. 24, 2011: Hurricane Rina as seen by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite on when it was off the coast of Mexico. Rina's southwestern edge was over Honduras at this time.

From high above Earth, the astronauts on the International Space Station have a unique view of the menacing Hurricane Rina raging below, and by the looks of a video recorded today (Oct. 25), the view from space reveals quite a storm.

"We have a view of Hurricane Rina in the video camera here," space station commander Mike Fossum of NASA radioed to Mission Control in Houston. It's a biggun."

From Fossum's perspective, the cloudy white mass of the hurricane can clearly be seen beneath the space station as it passes overhead. The video of Hurricane Rina  from space compiles multiple camera angles from the orbiting lab. The footage was captured at 2:39 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT) today as the space station flew 248 miles (399 kilometers) over the Caribbean Sea, east of Belize.

"We're seeing it too, Mike

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