NASA Spots a Supertyphoon"Watch out, Japan!" said European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst after taking this July 7 picture of Supertyphoon Neoguri from the International Space Station.

The supertyphoon lashed Okinawa this week, and at the time the photo was taken, was producing 150-mile-an-hour (240-kilometer-an-hour) winds.

The storm damaged buildings, cancelled flights, and is linked to one drowning; it has since lost its strength.—Dan Vergano

Photograph by Alexander Gerst, ESA/NASA

Best Space Pictures: Typhoons Whirl, Flares Unfurl, and Galaxies Swirl

A storm startles space station astronauts, radio signals surprise astronomers, and the mystery of dust finds an answer in the week's best space pictures.

July 13, 2014