This photo of Hurricane Frances was taken by Astronaut Mike Fincke aboard the International Space Station as he flew 230 statute miles above the storm at about 9 a.m. CDT Friday, Aug. 27, 2004. At the time, Frances was located 820 miles east of the Lesser Antilles in the Atlantic Ocean, moving west-northwest at 10 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. Fincke, the NASA ISS Science Officer and Flight Engineer, and Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka are in the fifth month of a six-month flight aboard the Station.

ISS Crew Earth Observations: ISS009-E-20440

Identification
Mission	ISS009 (Expedition 9)
Roll	E
Frame	20440
Country or Geographic Name	ATLANTIC OCEAN
Features	PAN-HURRICANE FRANCES
Center Point Latitude	15.0° N
Center Point Longitude	-49.0° E
Camera
Camera Tilt	High Oblique
Camera Focal Length	35 mm
Camera	Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera
Film	3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array.
Quality
Percentage of Cloud Cover	26-50%
Nadir What is Nadir?
Date	2004-08-27
Time	14:02:10
Nadir Point Latitude	5.8° N
Nadir Point Longitude	-50.0° E
Nadir to Photo Center Direction	North
Sun Azimuth	77°
Spacecraft Altitude	195 nautical miles (361 km)
Sun Elevation Angle	70°
Orbit Number	953