Claim: mes An authentic video uploaded online in early October 2024 showed time-lapse footage of Hurricane Milton seen from space. Ratings: [1.8/5].
Context
NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominick uploaded this video of himself from aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft that currently docks with the International Space Station.
Reddit user @VastCoconut2609 uploaded a time-lapse video purported to demonstrate Hurricane Milton from space (archived). Their post received over 69,000 upvotes and 1,800 comments as of this writing, but was soon taken down after experiencing significant traffic surge.
Timelapse of Hurricane Milton from Space captured by NASA from International Space Station just recently is truly impressive and leaves audiences speechless! Take a look for yourself: byu/VastCoconut2609 inBeAmazed
At the time of publishing, Hurricane Milton had already started its devastating assault upon Florida and further destruction was expected overnight. Evacuation orders had already been put into effect across Florida in anticipation of this storm that came just two weeks after Helene hit so heavily across multiple states including its home territory of Florida.
Reverse image search revealed the footage provided in Reddit post was, indeed, genuine.
Matthew Dominick, an astronaut currently stationed at the International Space Station (ISS) who shared it on YouTube Oct 8 (archived), posted it and had over 9 Million Views and 84,000 Likes as of this writing (archived).
Dominick posted another update about Hurricane Milton on Oct. 9, noting it appeared “larger yet less symmetric than” the day prior (archived).
Timelapse flying by Hurricane Milton about two hours ago: It appears larger yet less symmetric than yesterday; 1/2000 sec exposure time at 14mm aperture size with ISO 500 ISO setting at 30 fps interval and 30-second shutter interval timer used; images captured with 1/400 sec shutter exposure time at 14mm focal length lens using 30-fps timelapse timelapse settings and 30-sec interval timelapse interval for 30fps output are here on Twitter @xUjQEJPOGg
Updates about Hurricane Milton can be found online via various sources. Among those are sites such as Weather Underground.
Evacuation Orders. Florida Disaster.org/evacuation-orders. Accessed 9 October 2024. Governor Ron DeSantis Releases Update on State Prepardness for Hurricane Milton. https://flgov.com/2024/10/08/governor-ron-desantis-issues-updates-on-state-preparedness-efforts-for-hurricane-milton-4/ Accessed 9 October 2024: “Hurricane Milton: Follow Advice of Local Officials, Evacuate When Told’.” U.S. Department of Commerce (2024). Visit this link: Commerce.gov/news/blog/2024/10/hurricane-milton: Adhere to advice of local officials and evacuate if instructed so; Matthew Dominick of NASA is featured here https://nasa.gov/people/matthew-dominick/ Accessed on 9 Oct 2024;’X.Com’ offers additional assistance at its site here On X (formerly Twitter), Dominick Matthew has written 1843679036792549688 which can be found here, on YouTube here: 2GTpK5CgOMU&t=44s accessed 9 October 2024
