diff --git a/src/_posts/2023-08-30-488791.md b/src/_posts/2023-08-30-488791.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..519a605 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/_posts/2023-08-30-488791.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +---json +{ + "date": "2023-08-30T17:19:00-04:00", + "title": "Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf of Mexico", + "canonicalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/hurricane-idalia-in-the-gulf-of-mexico", + "imageUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e084548.jpg", + "imageAlt": "Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf of Mexico", + "author": "Mark Garcia" +} +--- + +As the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above Earth on Aug. 29, 2023, one of the space station’s external high-definition cameras captured [Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf of Mexico](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151767/idalia-roars-into-the-gulf-of-mexico). Hurricane Idalia made landfall over the Big Bend region of Florida on the morning of Aug. 30, 2023, as a category 3 storm. Winds measured 205 kilometers (125 miles) per hour as the storm reached land. [Watch an animation of the storm’s wind field.](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151771/idalia-spawns-major-winds) + +_Image Credit: NASA_