Watch as NOAA storm hunters enter the stadium-like eye of Hurricane Lane

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Hurricane scientist Lisa Bucci took a jarring ride through the strengthening Hurricane Lane Tuesday evening. Eventually, her plane emerged from the swirling clouds into the vast, stadium-like eye of the storm.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hurricane hunter plane comes out of the clouds at about the 20-second mark in the video. At around 45 seconds, Bucci points the camera down, at the churning Pacific Ocean below.

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Hurricane Lane poses a considerable threat to Hawaii and is currently projected to skim the volcanic islands beginning on Thursday. NOAA is flying through the storm to take measurements of the cyclone's wind, pressure, and temperature, to better understand exactly where the storm might go. Read more...

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