An astronaut on the International Space Station captured pictures of Hurricane Beryl from above.
"We flew right over the top of Hurricane Beryl today," said Astronaut Matthew Dominic, who took the pictures. Peering down into the eye with the 50 to 500 mm lens gave me both an eerie feeling and a high level of weather nerd excitement."

We flew right over the top of Hurricane Beryl today. Peering down into the eye with the 50 to 500 mm lens gave me both an eerie feeling and a high level of weather nerd excitement.
— Matthew Dominick (@dominickmatthew) July 1, 2024
Whole Hurricane: 50mm, f9, ISO 1000, 1/32000
Eye: 210mm (50 to 500m lens), f13, ISO 1000, 1/26000 pic.twitter.com/731tEy0CJh
Hurricane Beryl has reached category 5 status as it moves over the Caribbean Sea.
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