Hurricane Earl B-roll
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Brooke Harris (USRA)
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Videographer
- Jane Peterson (University of North Dakota)
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ID: 11075 Produced Video
Extreme Turbulence
Read moreWhy do some storms intensify into powerful hurricanes? In search of the answer NASA scientists took to the skies in 2010 aboard a flying laboratory that crisscrossed the path of Hurricane Earl as it approached the East Coast of the United States. By deploying canister-shaped sensors within the storm, researchers collected valuable data that will help them understand how such storms form and develop. But they weren't working alone: Soaring at an altitude of 60,000 feet, NASA's unmanned Global Hawk aircraft cruised over the Category 4 hurricane while astronauts on the International Space Station captured dramatic photos of its massive cloud tops from above. Wonder what it's like to fly through a hurricane? Watch the video to get a window seat view from the scientists' plane as it jetted into the eye of the storm. ||
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