Extreme Turbulence

  • Released Tuesday, September 4, 2012
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
  • ID: 11075
NASA scientists venture into the eye of a hurricane.

NASA scientists venture into the eye of a hurricane.

Experience the wing-rattling intensity of flying through the storm's eyewall and into the calm eye.

Making its first flight over a hurricane, NASA's Global Hawk aircraft ushers in a new era of storm science.

Making its first flight over a hurricane, NASA's Global Hawk aircraft ushers in a new era of storm science.

Hurricane Earl as seen from the International Space Station.

Hurricane Earl as seen from the International Space Station.

NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of Hurricane Earl as the storm approached the Bahamas.

NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of Hurricane Earl as the storm approached the Bahamas.

Radar data from NASA's TRMM satellite shows rainfall off the coast of the United States.

Radar data from NASA's TRMM satellite shows rainfall off the coast of the United States.

For More Information

See NASA.gov

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Hawk photo courtesy of NASA/NOAA
TRMM image courtesy of NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce
ISS photos courtesy of NASA, Douglas Wheelock
Aqua image courtesy of NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team

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