From Space, ‘Astounding’ Hurricane Harvey Looks Like It’s About To Swallow All Of Texas

A brief-but-haunting video released by NASA on Thursday night shows Hurricane Harvey’s powerful churn toward Central Texas, where the slow-moving storm is expected to throttle coastal communities with high winds and up to 25 inches of rain.

The footage was captured just after 6 p.m. by cameras aboard the International Space Station, not long after the tropical cyclone — aided by warm water and favorable winds — regenerated over the Gulf of Mexico. An astronaut on board, Marine Corps Col. Randy Bresnik, later tweeted two photos of the storm with a message of solidarity for those in its path:

“God Bless Texas, may you weather the storm as you always have!”