Hurricane
Claudette
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The crew of
the International Space Station had a great seat from which to observe
Tropical Storm Claudette as it became a Category 1 hurricane. The
storm came ashore with high winds up to 129 kilometers (80 miles)
per hour and heavy rains that also drenched its Houston home base
and the Coastal Bend of Texas. This digital image was recorded at
8:26:36 CDT (13:26:36 GMT), July 15, 2003. The view looks north
from the coast near Brownsville, Texas, at the Mexico border. The
western-most feeder bands had already crossed the coastline. Claudette
made landfall near Matagorda Bay, Texas, shortly after this image
was taken.
Astronaut photograph
ISS007-E-10244
was taken with an electronic still camera equipped with a 50-mm
lens on July 15, 2003 at 8:26:36 CDT (13:26:36 GMT). The image is
provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at
Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway
to Astronaut Photography of Earth.
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