Hurricane Earl Picture

Embedding the picture doesn't quite do it justice -- the link is in the post title. This picture is from NASA's Earth Observatory, a weekly series of pictures they publish. This one was image of the day.

A few things about Hurricane Earl:

• It was category 4 hurricane, but has weakened over the past few days

• Currently moving NNE at 33km/h

• It is the most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin since Hurricane Dean in 2007