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ISS009-E-21107 (1 September 2004) --- Astronaut Mike Fincke, aboard the International Space Station at an altitude of about 230 miles, took this photo of Hurricane Frances at about 9 a.m. Sept. 1 as the storm was centered about 800 miles east-southeast of West Palm Beach, Florida. The southern tip of the Florida peninsula and the Bahama islands are visible in the foreground of this image. At the time, Frances was a category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph and was moving west-northwest toward a possible landfall in Florida.
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