This is a screen shot taken from Intellicast's visible satellite image at the time showing the eye of Irma extending from St. Barth to St. Maarten. For scale, the distance between Gustavia and Philipsburg is about 16 miles (26 km). The eye is heading NW, and the northern eyewall is smashing Orient Beach. Image fuzziness is due to zooming in.
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