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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTerrifying picture - island of Barbuda in the eye of Irma last night - radar image
Lots of Irma news - the latest - including predictions on where in the US it is most likely to impact here
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/category-5-irma-hits-leeward-islands-peak-strength
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Terrifying picture - island of Barbuda in the eye of Irma last night - radar image (Original Post)
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2017
OP
It's moving forward, and very dynamic - rotating constantly - so any snap pic could pick up
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2017
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Foreshortening because that's a real view from a geostationary satellite, perhaps
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2017
#5
klook
(12,151 posts)1. God damn.
I've never seen the color black on one of these images before -- it's like 3rd-degree burns.
Absolutely terrifying.
kentuck
(111,051 posts)2. Why is it egg-shaped?
Aren't most hurricanes more circular??
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)3. It's moving forward, and very dynamic - rotating constantly - so any snap pic could pick up
an irregularity to the shape
Useless in FL
(329 posts)4. It almost looks like a chambered nautilus.. (n/t)
muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)5. Foreshortening because that's a real view from a geostationary satellite, perhaps
and it's slightly north of the equator, rather than directly underneath the satellite?
KelleyKramer
(8,899 posts)6. That is a frigging monster
God help all the people in its path