ISS028-E-034008 (27 Aug. 2011) --- Some seven hours after Hurricane Irene?s initial landfall at Cape Hatteras, NC, one of the Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station photographed this image, one of a series following the hurricane?s destructive path along the east coast.

ISS028-E-034022 (27 Aug. 2011) --? One of the Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station photographed this panoramic view of Hurricane Irene looking northeastward from Florida over the open Atlantic on the afternoon of the day before it struck the Cape Hatteras, North Carolina area as a Category 2 storm.

ISS028-E-030096(22 Aug. 2011) --- A last quarter moon appears at the center of this night time photo taken from the International Space Station in Earth orbit on Aug. 22, 2011. A thin line of the planet's atmosphere and a small group of clouds are the other illuminated objects in the picture.

ISS028-E-043559 (7 Sept. 2011) --- This view, from the camera of an Expedition 28 crew member onboard the International Space Station, looks from the northwest toward southeast and covers many counties in southeast Texas that have been heavily affected by dozens of wild fires. Houston can be seen near frame center and the Gulf of Mexico takes up the upper right quadrant of the frame.

ISS028-E-034018 (27 Aug. 2011) --- Some seven hours after Hurricane Irene?s initial landfall at Cape Hatteras, NC, one of the Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station photographed this image, one of a series following the hurricane?s destructive path along the east coast.

ISS028-E-030098 (22 Aug. 2011) --- A last quarter moon appears at the center of this night time photo taken from the International Space Station in Earth orbit. A thin line of the planet's atmosphere is the other illuminated object in the picture.

ISS028-E-031020 (20 Aug. 2011) --? One of the Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station photographed this panoramic nighttime view over the western Pacific. The viewing direction is unknown. There is a strong display of airglow in the atmospheric limb near the horizon.

ISS028-E-030097 (22 Aug. 2011) --- A last quarter moon appears at the center of this night time photo taken from the International Space Station in Earth orbit. A thin line of the planet's atmosphere is the other illuminated object in the picture.

ISS028-E-034004 (27 Aug. 2011) --- Some five and a half hours after Hurricane Irene?s initial landfall at Cape Hatteras, NC, one of the Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station photographed this image, one of a series following the hurricane?s destructive path along the east coast. At this time, the Hurricane was at 35.5 degrees north latitude and 76.3 degrees west longitude over Cape Hatteras, moving 15 degrees at 13 miles per hour. Winds were at 81 miles per hour, gusting to 98 miles per hour.