Hurricane Lane's Eye | International Space Station

Hurricane Lane, with its distinct eye, was pictured as a category 4 storm as the International Space Station orbited 251 miles above the Pacific Ocean east of the Hawaiian Islands on August 21, 2018.

Update: Tropical Storm Lane (recently downgraded) ranked as the No. 3 rainmaker from a tropical cyclone in the United States since 1950.

Credit: NASA/JSC
Image Date: August 21, 2018
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