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Description: Hurricane Gordon was captured at 18:17:13 GMT, Sept. 17, 2006 with a digital still camera, equipped with a 20-35mm lens, by one of the crewmembers aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The center of the storm was located near 34.0 degrees north latitude and 53.0 degrees west longitude, while moving north-northeast. At the time the photo was taken, the sustained winds were 70 nautical miles per hour with gusts to 85 nauticalmiles per hour.
Title: Gordon STS-115 70 kt
Credit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/multimedia/sts115/fd9/gordon_atlantis.html
Author: Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-115 crew member
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