--- description: The International Space Station captured a beautiful faraway view of the storm that began to wreck havoc on the eastern United States just before the Fourth of July title: Hurricane Arthur as Seen from Space image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf49afab0f3b29c3c/69869a89f983e7476e04eaf8/hurricane-arthur-from-space.jpg?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 * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hurricane Arthur as Seen from Space by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2014 11:36 PM CUT  The eye of Hurricane Arthur is seen over the Atlantic in this photo from the International Space Station tweeted by European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, July 3, 2014. The eye of Hurricane Arthur is seen over the Atlantic in this photo from the International Space Station tweeted by European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, July 3, 2014.NASA/Reuters by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2014 11:36 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2955291/hurricane-arthur-as-seen-from-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2955291/hurricane-arthur-as-seen-from-space/"},"headline":"Hurricane Arthur as Seen from Space","datePublished":"2014-07-03T23:36:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:58:38.155Z","description":"The International Space Station captured a beautiful faraway view of the storm that began to wreck havoc on the eastern United States just before the Fourth of July","url":"https://time.com/2955291/hurricane-arthur-as-seen-from-space/","keywords":["weather","Space","international space station"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf49afab0f3b29c3c/69869a89f983e7476e04eaf8/hurricane-arthur-from-space.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf49afab0f3b29c3c/69869a89f983e7476e04eaf8/hurricane-arthur-from-space.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The eye of Hurricane Arthur is seen over the Atlantic in this photo from the International Space Station tweeted by European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst July 3, 2014.","caption":"The eye of Hurricane Arthur is seen over the Atlantic in this photo from the International Space Station tweeted by European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst July 3, 2014.","creditText":"NASA/Reuters","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/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2955291/hurricane-arthur-as-seen-from-space/","name":"Hurricane Arthur as Seen from Space"}}]}] ```