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Watch: Tracking Irma, Jose from space

By Ginger Whitaker
Hurricanes Irma and Jose as seen from space. (Screenshot via TIME)

WASHINGTON – Researchers have pieced together images of hurricanes Irma and Jose from over the last few days, providing a time-lapse look at the storms from space.

The time-lapse was created by combining recordings from two satellites, according to TIME. The imagery was made available to them by researchers at the Space and Science Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The video tracks the storms beginning late Thursday, and continues through midday Monday.

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