10 Amazing Images of Dangerous Typhoon Dujuan

Typhoon Dujuan intensified into a Category 4 equivalent storm to the east of Taiwan this weekend. The typhoon is a major threat to the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, Taiwan and eastern China early this week.

(FORECAST: Typhoon Dujuan)

Dujuan is also the latest of several typhoons this year that have provided us with stunning imagery from space, further illustrating the destructive power of tropical cyclones.

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This first image in our series is from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor aboard NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite. It shows Dujuan as a 145 mph typhoon on Sunday. Dujuan's very symmetrical eye was estimated to be 60 miles wide, according to Dr. Greg Postel of The Weather Channel.

NASA's Modis Aqua satellite snapped this unique view of Dujuan on Sunday which uses the brightness temperature overlay (Band 31-Day).

An infrared satellite image of Dujuan and its large eye on Sunday.

Dujuan as viewed from Japan's Himawari-8 satellite just before sunset on Sunday.

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The next two images show an up-close visible satellite view of Dujuan's eye on Sunday.

Below are two enhanced satellite images of Dujuan on Sunday. The second image shows the counterclockwise wind flow around Dujuan's eye.

Before Dujuan became a Category 4, it was photographed from the International Space Station on Friday.

PHOTOS: Typhoon Dujuan