{"id":2926,"date":"2010-09-01T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T18:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2010-09-01T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T18:30:04","slug":"with-hurricane-earl-approaching-the-east-coast-space-station-astronauts-take-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/natural-disasters\/with-hurricane-earl-approaching-the-east-coast-space-station-astronauts-take-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"With Hurricane Earl approaching the East Coast, space station astronauts take pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA Astronaut Douglas Wheelcock captured this image of Hurricane Earl on Monday. Click the image for a slideshow of hurricanes as seen from space. (NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A slightly weakened but still powerful Hurricane Earl continues on its path drawing nearer to the United States East Coast. In recent days, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been afforded stunning views of the storm from their 220 mile high perch.<\/p>\n

According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Hurricane Earl\u2019s forecast path will bring it dangerous close to the East Coast from South Carolina through Maine. The center of the storm is expected to remain at sea however the centers \u201ccone of uncertainty\u201d includes much of the coast.<\/p>\n

Astronaut Douglas Wheelcock<\/a> is the commander of the Expedition 24 crew now on board the space station. The West Point graduate and Army colonel previously logged hundreds of hours aboard the Space Shuttle and is in the third month of a six-month stay commanding the ISS.<\/p>\n

Like other recent visitors to the space station, Wheelcock is keeping the public up to date with the crew\u2019s activities via Twitter. As the user \u2018Astro_Wheels\u2019<\/a>, Wheelcock has used the messaging service to report on repairs to the station and ongoing experiments and now has posted extraordinary photos of Hurricane Earl.<\/p>\n