Satellite Captures 'Skull' Picture of Hurricane Matthew (Photo)
Satellite Captures 'Skull' Picture of Hurricane Matthew (Photo)

Satellite Captures ‘Skull’ Picture of Hurricane Matthew (Photo)

Hurricane Matthew is expected to be a monster one and apparently that also holds true when looking at infrared images of it.

Stu Ostro, senior director of Weather Communications at The Weather Channel, posted the satellite image to Twitter Tuesday as the hurricane touched down in Haiti.

The image originally came from NASA’s Earth Science Office, WLS reported. It shows Hurricane Matthew as viewed through an infrared camera lens. The lens shows the storm in bright colors that accentuate the hurricane’s eye to make it look like the eye of a skull.

Some Twitter users pointed out that the teeth in the image look like the Grinch or the Ghost Rider.

But the infrared image does have a purpose, according to CNN meteorologist Judson Jones: “Basically, scientists use color tables to identify the strongest part of the storm,” Jones said.

Ostro’s tweet has been shared more than 1,000 times.

Agencies/Canadajournal




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