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Palm trees bend in hurricane strength wind
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Whipping WInds

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A birds eye view of an estuary
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Estuary: a storm buffer

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Submerged houses after Katrina
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Floods of Katrina

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A view of a hurricane's eyewall
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Eye of the Storm

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the foamy surface of the ocean
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Waves in Motion

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A screenshot from the video showing equipment on a research vessel.
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Wavechasers and the Samoan Passage

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Snapshots of Hurricane Ike over several days
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Hurricane Ike Dies

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The formation of a hurricane is complicated, but basically, it depends on three factors. First, you need warm water, at least 80 degrees. The second ingredient is moist air. And finally, there needs to be converging winds for a hurricane to
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Where Do Hurricanes Get Their Strength?

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On August 23, 2011 a 5.8 earthquake emanated from the little-known Central Virginia Seismic Zone. The epicenter was near Mineral, VA, but the tremor shook homes, schools, and office buildings in Washington, DC and beyond. In this brief video, Smithsonian e
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Demonstrating an Earthquake's Seismic Waves

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A bridge is flooded in Oklahoma after a hurricane
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Flooding Waters

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A three dimensional radar of Hurricane Patricia
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Three Dimensional Rain

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A NASA satellite image from August 23, 2011 of Hurricane Irene, the Atlantic basin's first hurricane of 2011.
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Hurricane Irene

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