Astronaut Scott Kelly tweets pictures of Hurricane Patricia...

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If you are unclear of just how massive Hurricane Patricia is, astronaut Scott Kelly might be able to offer some perspective.

On Friday, the Category 5 Hurricane became the most powerful hurricane ever measured in the Western Hemisphere.

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Kelly, commander of the International Space Station and record holder for the longest amount of time spent in space, is both very active and extremely popular on social media. Within a few hours of posting, the below tweet had been retweeted over 12,000 times.

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