NASA video shows looming Hurricane Michael from space

Hurricane Michael is growing stronger, expected to make landfall on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane. 

And there’s no better view than from the quiet safety of space.

While the storm loomed over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, cameras aboard the International Space Station captured views of Hurricane Michael at 12:13pm and 12:50pm ET.

A short new video from the space station shows a swirling Michael moving northwest at 12 miles an hour. 

“Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views of Hurricane Michael at 12:13 p.m. and 12:50 p.m. EDT Oct. 9 from an altitude of 255 miles as the storm churned over the Gulf of Mexico moving northwest at 12 miles an hour,” NASA said in a video description. 

Generating wind gusts reaching 125 mph, which battered cruise ships, the hurricane is on its way toward the Florida Panhandle.

According to NOAA’s National Hurricane Center, Michael “is expected to move inland over the Florida Panhandle or Florida Big Bend area on Wednesday, and then move northeastward across the southeastern United States Wednesday night, Oct. 10 and Thursday, Oct. 11.”

Check NOAA for updates.