S94-E-5027 (9 July 1997)--- Hurricane Dolores located about 20 degrees southwest of the tip of the Baja Peninsula in the eastern Pacific supported winds of 90 knots with gust of 100 knots on July 9, 1997. The photograph was taken through overhead windows on the aft flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Notice the thunderstorms in the bands leading into the eye at lower levels and the lighter cirrus clouds coming from the outflow out of the eye at higher levels.
S94-E-5039 (July 1997) --- The southern end of Baja California and part of the Gulf of Cortez are visible in this nadir view photographed with an electronic still camera aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Cabo San Lucas is cearly visible at land's end. The STS-94 crew members kept a close watch on this general area and the nearby Pacific where Dolores was churning up minor concern as a Class 1 hurricane.