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International Space Station Imagery
Description: 
ISS009-E-22821 (15 September 2004) -- Hurricane Ivan fills the northern Gulf of Mexico in this photo taken by astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke as the storm approached landfall on the Alabama coast Wednesday afternoon (21:59:25 GMT, Sept. 15). Ivan was reported to have sustained winds of 135 mph. This photo was taken from an altitude of about 230 miles. Fincke, the NASA ISS Science Officer, and Commander Gennady Padalka are nearing the end of a six-month mission aboard the research outpost.
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Photo-iss009e22821
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International Space Station (ISS)
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Alabama
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Gulf of Mexico
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Gennady Padalka
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15 September 2004
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2004
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-iss009e22821
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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-9/html/iss009e22821.html