尼克·安德伍德(Nick
Underwood)是一名“飓风猎人”,经常要冒着生命危险穿越飓风,忍受气旋中倾盆的暴雨和让人肺腑翻腾的湍流,寻找风眼。本文图自Nick
Underwood推特
安德伍德在推特上写道:“我从来没见过风眼里有这么多闪电。”他发布的图片显示,夜晚的天空被闪电照亮,可以看到风眼的曲线。
Absolutely wild. All of this in the eye, in
which we circled for some time to deploy the UAS (uncrewed aerial
system).
A high end Cat 4 storm. Nearly Cat 5.
All of this at 8,000 feet above the ocean. I’m glad we only did one
pass. pic.twitter.com/hd2L7icLQY
— Tropical Nick Underwood (@TheAstroNick)
September 28, 2022
安德伍德称,他绕着风眼转了一圈,放出了一个无人驾驶的空中系统。“我很高兴我们一次就成功了。”他补充说。
安德伍德后来分享了从飞机内部拍摄的这段颠簸旅程的视频,称这是“我职业生涯中最艰难的一次飞行”。
Lots of new folks so:
Hi! I’m Nick Underwood. I’m an engineer for the NOAA Hurricane
Hunters. I’ve been hunting hurricanes and supporting science
missions aboard these aircraft for the last six years. I’m flying
with a crew into Hurricane #Ian
in a few hours. Ask me anything. pic.twitter.com/SAxjpDJl1s
— Tropical Nick Underwood (@TheAstroNick)
September 27, 2022