While the rest of us are busy boarding up windows for Hurricane Irene this weekend, astronaut Ron Garan is busy in space snapping photos like this one. And probably pointing and laughing at us.
Taken three days ago from the International Space Station, it shows Irene brooding menacingly over the Caribbean. Must be nice to be all safe and sound up there, eh Ron?
NASA has also released the video below taken from a satellite on the same day. Kind of peaceful looking from way up there, but also elicits feelings of “Hey, that might destroy my house” at the same time. Neat.
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[…] Power outages seem to be in the news a lot lately. In the midst of still-raging wildfires and record-breaking heat in Texas, power companies have avoided rolling blackouts by asking residents to voluntarily decrease power consumption. New York City and other areas on the eastern seaboard experienced outages two weeks ago when Hurricane Irene hit. […]