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Astronaut Scott Kelly tweets pictures of Hurricane Patricia from space

Oct 23, 2015

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.

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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