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			Photo #: ISS024-E-14580 Date: Sep. 2010 Geographic Region: ATLANTIC OCEAN Feature: HURRICANE IGOR, EYE STRUCTURE, SPIRAL BANDS



	Hurricane Igor from the Space Station Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this digital photograph of the eye of Hurricane Igor at 10:56 Atlantic Daylight Time (13:56 UTC) on September 14, 2010. The storm was a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity. At the time of the image, Igor was centered in the Atlantic Ocean near 18deg N 52deg W and slowly moving west-northwest at 11 kilometers (7 miles) per hour, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds of 213 km (132 mi.) per hour, with gusts to 259 km (161 mi.) per hour.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 118k
Mission:	ISS024
Roll - Frame:	E - 14580
Geographical Name:	ATLANTIC OCEAN
Features:	HURRICANE IGOR, EYE STRUCTURE, SPIRAL BANDS
Center Lat x Lon:	18.5N x 52.5W
Film Exposure:		N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	100
Camera:	N2
Camera Tilt:	51	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	50
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	NE	The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:		Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	3753
Date:	20100914	YYYYMMDD
Time:	135633	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	16.5N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	55.8W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	115	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	187	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	62	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:
Water Views:	OCEAN
Atmosphere Views:	HURRICANE
Man Made Views:
City Views:

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