Viewing Hurricane Irma from the International Space Station

Photos of the Caribbean taken from the International Space Station (Picture: Randy Bresnik)

Striking photos taken from space show the awe-inspiring extent 

of Hurricane Irma’s destruction.

Astronaut Randy Bresnik tweeted two aerial shots of Turks and

Caicos, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, before and

after the hurricane.

The island also appears much, much smaller, as the rising sea 

levels encroach on the land.In the after image, the seabed and the

sand has been disturbed and, in many places, completely

displaced – making the land look much darker.

Posting the photos online, Bresnik wrote: ‘What a difference a 

week makes.’

Turks and Caicos last week, before Hurricane Irma struck (Picture: Randy Bresnik)

In another tweet, the astronaut added: ‘The beautiful sands of 

Turks and Caicos churned up into a kaleidoscope of colours after

#Irma’.

Having wrought destruction across the islands, Irma is now ravaging

the Florida coast.

At least 28 people have been killed in the Caribbean, with another

one fatality confirmed in Florida.

Bresnik also took this photo of the US Virgin Islands after the hurricane hit

(Picture: Randy Bresnik)

This photo posted by Bresnik shows Hurricane Jose heading along the same path as

Irma (Picture: Randy Bresnik)

In this photo of the eye of Jose, Bresnik said he hoped it would change course and

spare the already devastated Caribbean islands (Picture: Randy Bresnik)

Bresnik has been posting a series of hurricane images taken from

the International Space Station.

Bresnik also posted a photo of Jose appearing to follow a similar

path to Irma, threatening to further destroy the Caribbean. Other

photos, posted on Sunday, showed the eye of Hurricane Jose.