From in space

It has been a long time between posts, but not a great length of time in galactic terms. So I've gone into space for inspiration - the result:

Trami

In September European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst recently shared a series of incredible images of Typhoon Trami from the International Space Station, where he is currently serving as Station Commander for Expedition 57.

Trami

‘Trami’ was originally a category 5 super typhoon but has since weakened to a Category 3 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of approximately 195 km/h as it prepared to make landfall.

Trami

According to CNN, ‘Trami’ comes on the heels of Super Typhoon Mangkhut, which cut a swath of destruction through northern Luzon in the Philippines less than two weeks ago.’

Gerst described it ‘as if somebody pulled the planet’s gigantic plug.’

Florence

Also in September, Gerst took another series of photographs, this time of Hurricane Florence as it approached the United States.

Florence

Then in October Gerst captured a brief and yet beautiful time-lapse of the Aurora Borealis dancing above Earth.