--- description: Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 hurricane heading toward Hawaii, looks massive from space in these photos captured by NASA and the NOAA title: This Is How Massive Hurricane Lane Looks From Space image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18d5755fdab7c4a6/69893854929fade0c4bf15db/hurricane-lane.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [hawaii](/tag/hawaii/) ## hawaii Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hurricane Lane Looks Absolutely Massive From Space  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:03 PM CUTPublished: Aug 22, 2018 3:06 PM CUT  Hurricane Lane from space. Hurricane Lane from space.NASA Worldview  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:03 PM CUTPublished: Aug 22, 2018 3:06 PM CUT As [Hurricane Lane hurtles toward Hawaii](http://time.com/5373239/hurricane-lane-track-hawaii/ "undefined"), images captured from space show the full extent of the massive storm. Images captured by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show the [Category 4 storm](http://time.com/4946730/hurricane-categories/ "undefined") swirling towards Hawaii with sustained winds around 155 mph that could cause catastrophic damage. Hurricane Lane was briefly upgraded to a Category 5 storm Tuesday night into Wednesday morning when winds topped 160 mph — just hours before its expected landfall in Hawaii. > [](https://twitter.com/NASA%5FSPoRT/status/1032247697170989058) > [](https://twitter.com/NASA%5FSPoRT/status/1032024512995446784) > [](https://twitter.com/NOAASatellitePA/status/1032275368512827392) > [](https://twitter.com/NOAA%5FHurrHunter/status/1032252779530780673) > [](https://twitter.com/astro%5Fricky/status/1032312726389972992) Hawaii Gov. David Ige [issued an emergency proclamation](http://dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/emergency-proclamation-for-hurricane-lane/ "undefined") and urged residents to heed evacuation notices and make emergency preparations ahead of Hurricane Lane’s landfall. As of late Tuesday night, tropical-storm-force winds were expected to reach some of the Hawaiian islands by Wednesday afternoon local time, according to the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Honolulu bureau. Winds are likely to persist until at least Thursday night or Friday morning, according to the NWS. > [](https://twitter.com/NWSHonolulu/status/1032200484109594625) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5374369/hurricane-lane-space-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5374369/hurricane-lane-space-photos/"},"headline":"Hurricane Lane Looks Absolutely Massive From Space","datePublished":"2018-08-22T15:06:23.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T18:03:00.000Z","description":"The Category 4 storm could be the first hurricane to hit Hawaii since 1992","url":"https://time.com/5374369/hurricane-lane-space-photos/","keywords":["hawaii","Space","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18d5755fdab7c4a6/69893854929fade0c4bf15db/hurricane-lane.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18d5755fdab7c4a6/69893854929fade0c4bf15db/hurricane-lane.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hurricane-lane","caption":"hurricane-lane","creditText":"NASA Worldview","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/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/hawaii/","name":"hawaii"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5374369/hurricane-lane-space-photos/","name":"Hurricane Lane Looks Absolutely Massive From Space"}}]}] ```