Hurricane Dean Glimpsed from the Space Shuttle

Here's a truly sublime image:

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And here's a just plain scary one:

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My latest "Storm Pundit" discussion of Dean is here. We're looking at a probable Category 5 landfall in the Yucatan but the U.S. is probably going to be spared.

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