Photos of Hurricane Lane from space show the extreme size of the monster storm

The Hawaiian islands are battening down the hatches as they prepare for Hurricane Lane, a powerful, Category 4 storm barreling toward the state at 155 mph. 

And now, photos taken from space show the extreme power of that storm as it makes its way toward possible landfall.

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NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold highlighted Hurricane Lane's size with photos tweeted from his post on the International Space Station.

#HurricaneLane in the early morning hours near #Hawaii. The crew of the @Space_Station sends much aloha to everyone therepic.twitter.com/raPh37MZH9

— Ricky Arnold (@astro_ricky) August 22, 2018 Read more...

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