--- title: This is What Hurricane Gonzalo Looks Like From Space description: The Category 2 storm is headed north this weekend canonical: https://time.com/3519601/hurricane-gonzalo-space/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-18T14:38:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:52:23.010Z article:section: Science og:title: This is What Hurricane Gonzalo Looks Like From Space og:description: The Category 2 storm is headed north this weekend og:url: https://time.com/3519601/hurricane-gonzalo-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc62bf2bfe730450b/69876190cd1bbaa4b86f2b54/gonzalo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tropical Weather og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This is What Hurricane Gonzalo Looks Like From Space twitter:description: The Category 2 storm is headed north this weekend twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc62bf2bfe730450b/69876190cd1bbaa4b86f2b54/gonzalo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is What Hurricane Gonzalo Looks Like From Space by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 18, 2014 2:38 PM UTC  Hurricane Gonzalo seen from the International Space Station as it moves toward Bermuda on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. Hurricane Gonzalo seen from the International Space Station as it moves toward Bermuda on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014.Alexander Gerst—ESA/NASA/AP by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 18, 2014 2:38 PM UTC Hurricane Gonzalo smashed into [Bermuda Friday](http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/10/17/hurricane-gonzalo-bermuda/17425835/), with winds reaching 110mph and waves approaching heights of 40 feet as the Category 2 storm swept northward, according to _USA Today_. Approximately 30,600 customers of Bermuda’s power company were without power as of late Friday night, while the National Hurricane Center warned of “a life-threatening storm surge.” The storm is headed for the North Atlantic this weekend. From space, Gonzalo is a massive, white vortex—but despite its size, it really looks quite serene. This photo comes care of Alexander Gerst, a European astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station. > [](https://twitter.com/Astro%5FAlex/status/523021785449906176) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3519601/hurricane-gonzalo-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3519601/hurricane-gonzalo-space/"},"headline":"This Is What Hurricane Gonzalo Looks Like From Space","datePublished":"2014-10-18T14:38:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:52:23.010Z","description":"The Category 2 storm is headed north this weekend","url":"https://time.com/3519601/hurricane-gonzalo-space/","keywords":["weather","Natural Disasters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc62bf2bfe730450b/69876190cd1bbaa4b86f2b54/gonzalo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc62bf2bfe730450b/69876190cd1bbaa4b86f2b54/gonzalo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tropical Weather","caption":"Tropical Weather","creditText":"Alexander Gerst—ESA/NASA/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3519601/hurricane-gonzalo-space/","name":"This Is What Hurricane Gonzalo Looks Like From Space"}}]}] ```