Space

Amazing Photo From Space Shows Storm Clouds Over Atlantic Ocean

Mark Hoffman
First Posted: Jul 09, 2013 08:40 PM EDT

One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station used a 50mm lens to record this image of a large mass of storm clouds over the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil and the Equator on July 4, 2013. A Russian spacecraft, docked to the orbiting outpost, partially covers a small patch of sunglint on the ocean waters in a break in the clouds.

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