Monster Cyclone Winston Seen from Space (Photos)

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 09:50 in Earth & Climate

NASA's Aqua spacecraft captured an image of Winston on Saturday (Feb. 20), the day the storm made landfall on the island of Vitu Levi as a Category 5 hurricane — the most powerful type on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

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