ISS015-E-25049 (3 Sept. 2007) --- This view of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Felix" class="extiw" title="en:Hurricane Felix">Hurricane Felix</a> was taken from the Earth-orbiting <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_15" class="extiw" title="en:Expedition 15">Expedition 15</a> crewmember using a digital still camera equipped with a 28-70 mm lens set at 28 mm focal length on Sept. 3, 2007 at 11:38:46 GMT. The ISS was located at the nadir point of 16.9 degrees north latitude and 83.3 degrees west longitude, over the waters southwest of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Cayman_Island&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Grand Cayman Island (page does not exist)">Grand Cayman Island</a>. At approximately noon GMT, Hurricane Felix was near 14.2 degrees north latitude and 76.9 west longitude, about 260 miles (425 kilometers) south of Kingston, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>, and 425 miles (685 kilometers) east of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>/<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a> border, moving west at 21 miles per hour (33 kilometers per hour). The sustained winds were 165 miles per hour with higher gusts making it a category 5 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir-Simpson_Hurricane_Scale" class="extiw" title="en:Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale">Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale</a>.
NASA
2007-09-03
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