Gaze Into The Eye Of Rita.... (please post hurricane Rita images here)

[althecat]

Hi...

I would like to collect images of hurricane Rita in one place for reference... This one comes from NASA's Modis satellite gallery..

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/

It is a snapshot of the eye taken from the full size version of

[althecat]

1. Very cool Hurricane Loop animation from SSD.NOAA

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/gmex-wv-loop.html

[Der Blaue Engel]

2. Wow!

The beauty of the destroyer goddess. Makes me want to weep for all kinds of reasons.

[Im with Rosey]

3. If it wasn't so deadly

I would be able to appreciate it's beauty. We really shouldn't screw around with nature.

[skooooo]

4. i just set first one as ..

..background image on my desktop. Thanks, what a wonder nature is.

[qanda]

5. Dare I say...

It's gorgeous! I wish these things would stay out in the ocean where we could just appreciate their beauty and not have to fear their power to destroy.

[meisje]

6. Argh! The south has the measles!!

[doublethink]

7. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ......

If I were in the path of that thing .... I could only see it as a MONSTER about right now. Maybe later it's aesthetic beauty would be more appreciated, but not now. Thanks for that pic, the first one, mesmerizing even so. Peace.

[meisje]

8. Eye(s) of the storm

[loudsue]

20. LOL! Ain't it the truth!! That's a TRULY devastating storm!

I wish it would blow away.

:kick:

[althecat]

9. Another angle on Rita... from MODIS REAL TIME gallery

[sinkingfeeling]

10. But I see the assh**e of Bush and proclaim that God is sending his

storm into the heart of Texas because of the sins of this man! Just help me make up a name for my new 'church' and I can make headlines like the so-called church that saw a fetus in Katrina!

[Pharaoh]

11. heres on more......latest satellite

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm18/closeupsatellite_large_animated.html

[KharmaTrain]

12. Here's One That Lets You Compare Storms

http://www.ktrh.com/main.html

It's below the current temps...the "Interactive" map. Shows you all the storms this year and their tracks. Looking at Rita and Katrina, you can see they have a lot in common...

My hopes and more for those who are in the path of this storm to stay high, dry and sane.

[SpiralHawk]

13. I see Grandmother in the eye of the first photo

She is in the womb. Hetchata Hey, Grandmother. We see you. We send you our voices and more... Be at peace. Time to sing the healing song.

[althecat]

14. Big long picture of RIta and the Central Americas

[althecat]

15. And here Spiralhawk is another glimpse deep into Rita's eye

[ladylibertee]

16. That sucker is huge.I am starting to get a little nervous even

though I live in the midwest because if our hurricane season is this extreme, theres no telling what our winters out here are going to be like.This is friggen scary dude.Scary I say.:scared: :hide:

[althecat]

17. New Rita Eye Closeup...

[Carla in Ca]

18. Amazing picture, althecat

Here is one from yesterday, as a Cat 4

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

19. Hurricane Rita....

[sakabatou]

21. You can definitely see the increase in size...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. She's huge. Hoping that she will be less intense when she hits land.

[loudsue]

22. It STILL looks to me like it's headed for Louisiana.

I know the weather folks know more about the direction of it, because of temperature of ocean currents, etc., but it sure seems like it keeps wanting to head back to Louisiana.

O8) I pray for the safety of my fellow Americans in harms way. O8)

:kick::kick::kick: