NASA Space Weather: Hurricane Katia From Space

Katia was a tropical storm gathering energy over the Atlantic Ocean when one of the Expedition 28 crew took this photo on Aug. 31, 2011, from aboard the International Space Station.

The picture, taken with a 12-mm focal length, was captured at 14:09:01 GMT. 

Later in the day Katia was upgraded to hurricane status. 

Two Russian spacecraft -- a Progress and a Soyuz --can be seen parked at the orbital outpost on the left side of the frame.


Image Credit: NASA

TRMM captured a rainfall image of Tropical Storm Katia on August, 31, 2011 2:29 p.m. EDT. Yellow and green indicate rainfall between 20 and 40 millimeters (.78 to 1.57 inches) per hour. 

Dark red areas are considered heavy rainfall, as much as 50 mm (2 inches) of rain per hour. Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce

This infrared image of Tropical Storm Katia's cold clouds shows large areas of strong convection (purple) surrounding center. It was taken by the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. 1 at 12:47 a.m. EDT. Credit: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen