--- title: NASA Video Shows Hurricane Maria From Space On ISS description: Cameras on the International Space Station captured Hurricane Maria as a Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/4949905/hurricane-maria-from-space-nasa-iss/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-20T16:43:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:31:03.199Z article:section: Science og:title: Hurricane Maria Looks Absolutely Massive From Space og:description: NASA posted footage of the monster storm from the International Space Station og:url: https://time.com/4949905/hurricane-maria-from-space-nasa-iss/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3cccc0d3375d749/6988de8bfb4eac70a2893ccf/hurricane-maria-satellite.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1646 og:image:height: 926 og:image:alt: hurricane-maria-satellite og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hurricane Maria Looks Absolutely Massive From Space twitter:description: NASA posted footage of the monster storm from the International Space Station twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3cccc0d3375d749/6988de8bfb4eac70a2893ccf/hurricane-maria-satellite.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hurricane Maria Looks Absolutely Massive From Space > Sponsored content. 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Future Proof is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 20, 2017 4:43 PM UTC  NASA by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 20, 2017 4:43 PM UTC Cameras on the International Space Station captured remarkable footage of [Hurricane Maria as a Category 5 hurricane](http://time.com/4947190/hurricane-maria-category-5/) on Tuesday. NASA posted a video from the ISS as the station overflew the Caribbean, giving those aboard a perfect view of the monstrous storm. In the video, you can see Hurricane Maria’s eye and a massive storm of clouds [covering much of the Caribbean. ](http://time.com/4946676/hurricane-maria-spaghetti-plots-models/) The ISS video was posted just before [Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico early Wednesday morning](http://time.com/4949664/hurricane-maria-yabucoa-puerto-rico-map/). By then it had been downgraded to a Category 4 hurricane, though the National Weather Service says it might strengthen again. > [](https://twitter.com/Space%5FStation/status/910223646702088193) NASA also [streams live footage from the International Space Station](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESRS/HDEV/) on its website, meaning it’s possible to see more video of the hurricane as it passes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4949905/hurricane-maria-from-space-nasa-iss/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4949905/hurricane-maria-from-space-nasa-iss/"},"headline":"Hurricane Maria Looks Absolutely Massive From Space","datePublished":"2017-09-20T16:43:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:31:03.199Z","description":"NASA posted footage of the monster storm from the International Space Station","url":"https://time.com/4949905/hurricane-maria-from-space-nasa-iss/","keywords":["Space","weather","onetime","Hurricane Maria"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3cccc0d3375d749/6988de8bfb4eac70a2893ccf/hurricane-maria-satellite.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3cccc0d3375d749/6988de8bfb4eac70a2893ccf/hurricane-maria-satellite.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hurricane-maria-satellite","caption":"","creditText":"NASA","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/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4949905/hurricane-maria-from-space-nasa-iss/","name":"Hurricane Maria Looks Absolutely Massive From Space"}}]}] ```