Calvin is nearing the cooler sea surface temperatures and stable environment south of Baja California. Even though the moderate easterly shear is anticipated to relax over the next few days, the cyclone is expected to peak as a Category 1 Hurricane this evening with gradual weakening thereafter as it moves west.
Category: Picture of the Day
Jul 14
Through the Astronaut’s Eyes
Astronaut Ron Garan took this image during the spacewalk conducted on Tues., July 12, 2011. It shows the International Space Station with Space Shuttle Atlantis docked on the right and a Russian Soyuz on the far left. In the foreground is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment installed during the STS-134 mission. AMS is …