The menacing interior of a massive hurricane has been filmed by an ocean drone for the first time.
The strangely soothing footage belies the ferocity of the storm.
The drone braved winds of over 120 mph and waves of 50 feet to capture data about Sam.
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The drones daring voyage was the latest leg of a mission to unearth new insights about hurricanes.
The data will be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve storm forecasting.
This design allows them to collect information immediately before andduringa hurricane.
Thats not an easy job for your average human sailor, but its a task thats well-suited to drones.
Its certainly a more laudable use case thansurveilling citizens,grounding flights, orruining the wilderness.
Story byThomas Macaulay
Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he e(show all)Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
