Hurricane Florence: Photos of a Monster Storm

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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
Managing editor, Scientific American

Jeanna Bryner is managing editor of Scientific American. Previously she was editor in chief of Live Science and, prior to that, an editor at Scholastic's Science World magazine. Bryner 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, including the gorgeous Florida Scrub Jay. She also received an ocean sciences journalism fellowship from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is a firm believer that science is for everyone and that just about everything can be viewed through the lens of science.

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