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Astronaut sees Typhoon Ruby from space: ‘Amazingly dangerous, praying for Pinoys’
While Filipinos in Central Visayas have shown us the effects of Typhoon Ruby on the ground, an astronaut orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station provides a view of the typhoon from way out in space.
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NASA astronaut Terry Virts tweeted several pictures of Ruby (international name Hagupit) to show its sheer size.
approaching dawn with #Hagupit in the foreground pic.twitter.com/4bqBDYigbj
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) Disyembre 6, 2014
Super Typhoon #Hagupit at night with #Manilla in the foreground pic.twitter.com/GS5yZ4PnVX
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) Disyembre 6, 2014
“This storm looks amazingly dangerous -- praying for the people of the Philippines,” Virts wrote in one of his posts.
This storm looks amazingly dangerous- praying for the people of the Philipines pic.twitter.com/qri4b9ZdJe
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) Disyembre 6, 2014
The images were taken from Saturday evening up to dawn Sunday, when it was still over the Philippine Sea, Virts wrote.
As the Philipines approach sunrise, you can see moonlit #Hagupit and solar arrays pic.twitter.com/JXyUYKat5l
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) Disyembre 7, 2014
Ruby made its second landfall over masbate, 10 a.m. Sunday morning. It is expected to pass through the province of Romblon. —Patricia Denise Chiu/NB, GMA News
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