--- title: Hurricane Irma: NASA Posts ISS Video From Face description: NASA on Wednesday posted video footage of Hurricane Irma as seen from aboard the International Space Station. canonical: https://time.com/4930259/hurricane-irma-space/ author: Alex Fitzpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-06T20:43:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:18:45.479Z article:section: Science og:title: Hurricane Irma Looks Like an Absolute Monster From Space og:description: Watch this NASA video of the massive category 5 storm og:url: https://time.com/4930259/hurricane-irma-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt090bb497d13d4655/6988dc9c4ee262676b30ee0b/hurricane-irma-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1857 og:image:height: 1045 og:image:alt: NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center image of Hurricane Irma og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hurricane Irma Looks Like an Absolute Monster From Space twitter:description: Watch this NASA video of the massive category 5 storm twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt090bb497d13d4655/6988dc9c4ee262676b30ee0b/hurricane-irma-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hurricane Irma Looks Like an Absolute Monster From Space > Sponsored content. 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Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, is seen in this NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center image from GOES-16 satellite taken on Sept. 5, 2017. NOAA—Reuters  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Sep 6, 2017 8:43 PM UTC NASA on Wednesday posted video footage of [Hurricane Irma](http://time.com/4928952/hurricane-irma-jose-florida/) as seen from aboard the International Space Station, and it looks every bit like the beast meteorologists have been saying it is. “The International Space Station’s external cameras captured another dramatic view of Hurricane Irma as it made landfall in the Caribbean Sept. 6,” reads the YouTube description of the video. Hurricane Irma, among the strongest such storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, slammed into the Caribbean on Wednesday. Images coming from St. Martin show trees uprooted, buildings destroyed and damaged, and cars thrown about the landscape. Irma has maximum sustained winds of 185 miles per hour and is moving west-northwest at 16 miles per hour, according to the [National Hurricane Center](http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics%5Fat1.shtml?cone#contents). 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