---
title: "NASA Astronauts Snap Terrifying Photos of Hurricane Dorian"
description: "NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch took to Twitter to share terrifying photos of Hurricane Dorian that they'd snapped from the ISS."
date: "2019-09-03"
modified: "2019-09-03"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/astronauts-photos-hurricane-dorian"
categories:
  - "NASA"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "extreme weather"
  - "hurricane dorian"
  - "international space station"
  - "the digest"
---

# NASA Astronauts Snap Terrifying Photos of Hurricane Dorian

![NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch took to Twitter to share terrifying photos of Hurricane Dorian that they'd snapped from the ISS.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/astronauts-photos-hurricane-dorian.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA\</em\>*

## Eye of the Storm

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are well above the path of Hurricane Dorian, but that isn't stopping them from keeping a close eye on the storm — and sharing their [unique vantage point](<https://www.space.com/hurricane-dorian-astronaut-photos-nasa-space-center.html>) with the rest of the world.

On Monday, NASA astronaut Nick Hague tweeted a terrifying photo of the [hurricane](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/trump-suggested-nuking-hurricanes>) he'd snapped from aboard the ISS.

https://twitter.com/AstroHague/status/1168577892432916480

Less than two hours later, NASA's Christina Koch [took to Twitter](<https://twitter.com/Astro_Christina/status/1168598217589760000>) to share several more images of Hurricane Dorian from the perspective of the ISS — including a chilling shot staring directly down into the hurricane's whirling maw.

https://twitter.com/Astro_Christina/status/1168598217589760000

## Power of the Storm

Of course, ISS astronauts aren't the only eyes in space keeping tabs on Dorian, which has already inflicted tremendous [damage on the Bahamas](<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/us/hurricane-dorian-updates.html>), pummeling the islands with 177 kilometer per hour (110 mile per hour) winds and causing five deaths.

Both NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have a [bevy of satellites](<https://www.space.com/hurricane-dorian-how-satellites-watch-the-storm.html>) they're using to follow the storm's progress — and hopefully, their efforts will help people in Dorian's path stay as safe as the astronauts more than 250 miles above it.

**READ MORE:** [Astronauts in Space 'Feel the Power' of Hurricane Dorian as NASA's Florida Spaceport Braces for the Storm](<https://www.space.com/hurricane-dorian-astronaut-photos-nasa-space-center.html>) \[*Space.com*\]

**More on hurricanes:** *[Report: Trump Has Repeatedly Suggested Nuking Hurricanes](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/trump-suggested-nuking-hurricanes>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)