<p>I have no real reason to post this image of the new <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2010/h2010_Igor.html" title="">hurricane Igor</a> -- now exploding into a category 4 monster in the Atlantic -- other than to make the joke in the title, and because it's terribly pretty. <a href="http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2010255-0912/Igor.A2010255.1600.500m.jpg" title=""></a></p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><figure class="fr-image-container fr-full"><img srcset="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/24604/nasa_igor-s.webp 480w, https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/24604/nasa_igor-m.webp 660w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 480px, 660px" src="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/24604/nasa_igor-s.jpg" title="nasa_igor.jpg" loading="lazy" data-id="24604"><figcaption class="fr-figcaption"><p class="fr-caption"></p></figcaption></figure><p> [Click to encoriolisize, or <a href="http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2010255-0912/Igor.A2010255.1600.2km.jpg" title="">go here</a> to see a range of size options.] The picture was taken by NASA's Aqua satellite on Sunday, September 12 at 16:00 UT. It's well east and south of the US right now, but its path is unclear. I suspect Chris Mooney at <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/09/12/igor-explodes-in-intensity-to-cat-4/" title="">The Intersection</a> will be keeping a close eye -- yes, haha -- on it. Stay tuned. </p><p><em>Image credit: NASA, Aqua team </em><em>hunger force</em></p><div data-embedid="4b651d8f-ea11-445f-9ea7-e776ca36eef3" id="insticator-embed-temp"></div>

Hurricane Igor is now a category 4 monster, as captured by NASA's Aqua satellite. Stay updated on its unpredictable path.

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I have no real reason to post this image of the new hurricane Igor -- now exploding into a category 4 monster in the Atlantic -- other than to make the joke in the title, and because it's terribly pretty. [Click to encoriolisize, or go here to see a range of size options.] The picture was taken by NASA's Aqua satellite on Sunday, September 12 at 16:00 UT. It's well east and south of the US right now, but its path is unclear. I suspect Chris Mooney at The Intersection will be keeping a close eye -- yes, haha -- on it. Stay tuned. Image credit: NASA, Aqua team hunger force

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