Video of Hurricane Matthew As Seen From Space Will Make You Feel Small

NASA releases video of Hurricane Matthew as seen from space.

Not Available Lead
Complex Original

Image via Complex Original

Not Available Lead

Remember the scene in The Day After Tomorrow when a huge storm system over Earth is shown as seen from the space station? Footage of Hurricane Matthew as seen from space is just as fantastic, without the end-of-the-world element. Then again, who knows? Earth is the hottest it’s been in 115,000 years.

The International Space Station tweeted footage of the hurricane as seen from space, a place Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio will soon venture to, on Monday. The footage was caught by cameras outside the station, which is 250 miles above Earth. The storm system is seen, including the eye of the hurricane (a.k.a. that hole in the middle of the blanket of white). 

Cameras outside the space station captured dramatic views of major Hurricane Matthew as the orbital complex flew 250 miles above (speed x4). pic.twitter.com/nfAQuw2OQC

​Hurricane Matthew has been declared a Category 4 storm, causing Georgia and South Carolina to declare a state of emergency and forcing many residents to evacuate coastal areas.  

Flooding during Tropical Storm Matthew in St. Lucia https://t.co/TEjL3V76zN via @YouTube
Acting on a recommendation from our Emergency Operations Command in anticipation of #HurricaneMatthew, I issued a SOE for 13 counties.

The National Hurricane Center reported that Matthew made landfall in Haiti early Tuesday morning. Matthew’s eye is hitting Cuba and Haiti at the moment, with the hurricane watch now expanding to parts of Florida’s coast.

Hurricane Matthew is set to hit the southern U.S. after heavy rains and flooding devastated Louisiana in August, making for what was by many measures the worst natural disaster to strike the U.S. since Superstorm Sandy.

Latest in Life