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Hurricane Ike, Texas and Louisiana, USA, September 5, 2008
When this image was taken of Hurricane Ike from the International Space Station s vantage point of 220 statute miles above Earth on Sept 5 2008 the eye of was centered at 23 3 degrees north latitude and 62 0 degrees west longitude and moving 260 degrees at 17 2 miles per hour The winds were sustained at 121 miles per hour with gusts to 149 8 miles per hour The hurricane had not yet passed over Cuba and entered the Gulf of Mexico when this photo was taken Dembinsky Photo Associates www dpaphoto com
Size: 5419px × 3600px
Location: Cuba
Photo credit: © NASA / Dembinsky Photo Associates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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