Tropical Cyclone Bansi on January 15, 2015. Image Credit: NASA
Samantha Cristoforetti, an Italian astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), captured this view of Tropical Cyclone Bansi a couple of days ago (January 15, 2015), as the space station flew above the Indian Ocean. At the time, Bansi was a strong cyclone equivalent to a Category 4 storm with a symmetric eye and defined banding features. Now look below at Cristoforetti’s amazing pictures of this cyclone, via Twitter this weekend. Cristoforetti managed to catch lightning flashing within the eye of the storm. Simply amazing and breathtaking weather photos!
Capturing lightning in itself is a difficult feat. Taking images of the lightning from outer space? How cool is that?
