Image of Hurricane Matthew Is Creeping Everyone Out

Why This Satellite Image of Hurricane Matthew

 Is Creeping Everyone Out

Published on Oct 5, 2016

'Tis the season for both hurricanes and Halloween, and the storm currently barreling toward Florida is fit for both. A colorized infrared image of Hurricane Matthew looks unmistakably like a sinister, smiling skull. First captured by the NASA Earth Science Office, the image has gone viral across a nation bracing for its impact. Matthew made landfall as a category 4 storm in Haiti, where it lashed the impoverished island with 140 MPH winds Tuesday.