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51I_v_c_o_TPMBK (1985, unnumbered NASA photo, 51-I-41-57 eq)

“Hurricane Elena, Gulf of Mexico

 

2 Sept. 1985: An oblique view of Hurricane Elena, photographed with a 70mm camera by STS-51I crew members of the space shuttle Discovery on Sept. 2, 1985.”

 

Additionally:

 

www.weather.gov/lch/1985Elena

 

www.weather.gov/mob/elena

 

www.weather.gov/images/mob/events/elena/satellite.jpg

All above credit: National Weather Service website

 

And/or:

 

“Hurricane Elena in the Gulf of Mexico, as photographed by the STS-51-I mission of Space Shuttle Discovery at 11:57 GMT on September 1, 1985.”

 

From/at:

 

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Elena_STS-51-I_...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

 

Finally:

 

“…in 1985, the crew members of STS-51-I woke up to Willie Nelson's "Stormy Weather,” as hurricane Elena raged on the earth below them.”

 

At/from:

 

twitter.com/nasahistory/status/1168591924061777930

Credit: NASA History Office/Twitter

 

It’s disconcerting how visually awesome dangerous, deadly & bad natural phenomena are.

 

Folding near the upper left corner, although obvious, especially when obliquely viewed, doesn’t detract from the overall image.

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