8 Extraordinary Photos Of Hurricane Isaac From Space

    Satellite cameras offer remarkable views of the enormous, slow-moving storm.

    Jessica Testa
    by Jessica Testa

    BuzzFeed News Reporter

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    NASA/GOES Project/Handout / Reuters

    Isaac on Aug. 29, 2012, via a full disk NASA satellite image courtesy of NASA.

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    flickr.com

    Isaac captured early morning, Aug. 28, by NASA's Suomi-NPP satellite.

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    Isaac captured early morning, Aug. 28, by NASA's Suomi-NPP satellite.

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    AP / AP

    NOAA satellite image from Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 1:45 a.m.

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    NASA image of Hurricane Isaac as it moves toward the Gulf Coast on Aug. 28.

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    Image from 1:45 p.m. EDT on Tuesday Aug. 28.

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    HANDOUT / Reuters

    Top: Tropical Storm Isaac on Aug. 27, 2012. Bottom: Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 28, 2005.

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    An ESA camera on the Proba-2 microsatellite captures Hurricane Isaac at 11:38 a.m. GMT on Monday, Aug, 27.