NASA Puts Global Hawk to Work to Observe Storms

Above the Storm—On September 2, a Northrop Grumman-built NASA Global Hawk unmanned aerial system (inset above) observed Hurricane Earl, days after it studied Tropical Storm Frank, as part of NASA’s Genesis and Rapid Intensification Process (GRIP) experiment. GRIP is a NASA program designed to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. | Read More | Watch NBC News Story | 3D Interactive Model

Caption: This photo of Tropical Storm Frank was taken from the HDVis camera on the underside of the Northrop Grumman-built NASA Global Hawk aircraft on Saturday, Aug. 28, as the aircraft approached the storm for the second time. The Global Hawk captured this photo from an altitude of 60,000 feet (about 11.4 miles). Credit: NASA/NOAA