Hurricane Florence: Photos of a Monster Storm

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By Jeanna Bryner
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Gorgeous clouds

Hurricane Florence

(Image credit: A. Gerst/ESA/NASA)

Another Sept. 12 image of Hurricane Florence, imaged from the International Space Station.

Still extremely dangerous

Hurricane Florence

(Image credit: A. Gerst/ESA/NASA)

As of 11 a.m. ET on Sept. 12, the Air Force's Hurricane Hunter aircraft that flew through the storm found that Florence has changed little while moving toward the U.S. Southeast Coast, meaning it's still an extremely dangerous major hurricane.

Well-organized storm

Hurricane Florence

(Image credit: Astro_Ricky/Twitter)

Aboard the International Space Station, EU scientist Alexander Gerst tweeted: "#HurricaneFlorence this morning with Cape Hatteras #NorthCarolina in the foreground. The crew of @Space_Station is thinking of those who will be affected."

Jeanna Bryner
Jeanna Bryner
Live Science Editor-in-Chief

Jeanna served as editor-in-chief of Live Science. Previously, she was an assistant editor at Scholastic's Science World magazine. Jeanna has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland, and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. She has worked as a biologist in Florida, where she monitored wetlands and did field surveys for endangered species. She also received an ocean sciences journalism fellowship from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.