Astronaut captures breathtaking photos of the Earth while orbiting in space
Jasmin Moghbeli, a U.S. Marine Corps test pilot, has picked out amazing views including huge storms during her International Space Station mission.
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An American astronaut captured some jaw-dropping images of the Earth this month.
Jasmin Moghbeli, a U.S. Marine Corps test pilot, has picked out amazing views including huge storms during her International Space Station mission.
The 40-year-old New Yorker focused on tropical storm Jova over the Pacific Ocean on September 9th.
The powerful Category 5 hurricane is the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season so far.
The same day, Moghbeli was able to capture a storm in the Atlantic Ocean and off the coast of Guyana from her viewpoint orbiting 260 miles above.
Other highlights included windblown sand drifting across the Namib desert into the Atlantic Ocean on September 12th, while a pass over of New Zealand two days later allowed the astronaut to reminisce about her time traveling in the country.
"My friends and I explored both the North and South Island. Today, I saw New Zealand from a new perspective – once again, it did not disappoint!" she commented.
Moghbeli, an AH-1W Super Cobra pilot, has over 150 combat missions and 2,000 hours of flight time in over 25 different aircraft.
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In March 2022, she was assigned as commander of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station.
Her first space flight, the mission launched to the Space Station on August 26, 2023.
The International Space Station is a large spacecraft in orbit around Earth.
It serves as a home where crews of astronauts and cosmonauts live.
