NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft flies through the eye of Hurricane on Earl on August 30, 2010 near St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The DC-8 passed through the eye six times as Earl intensified from a Category 2 to a Category 4 hurricane. A videographer from the National Suborbital Education and Research Center (NSERC) captured video of the eye during the flight which is part of NASA’s Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) mission. Note the wing flex as the DC-8 passes from the eyewall into the eye.