Stu Astro, Senior Director of Weather Communications at The Weather Channel, shared the image on Twitter on October 4. According to Storyful, the image itself was captured via NASA's Earth Science Office.
Sinister-looking face of #HurricaneMatthew at landfall in #Haiti [Un-doctored #weather #satellite image] pic.twitter.com/hrviDVuJ3R
— Stu Ostro (@StuOstro) October 4, 2016
The image was retweeted over 900 times, with many social media users commenting on the photo.
@StuOstro @spann Good grief! Thats creepy!
— Johnny Parker (@JohnnyParker012) October 4, 2016
@StuOstro Looks like he was smiling for the photo shoot.. Creepy..
— Fitness_Chick (@Laff_Out_Lawd) October 4, 2016
@StuOstro that image looks like a naughty looking skull! #Matthew
— MarcTayl0r (@MarcTayl0r) October 4, 2016
PHOTOS: Hurricane Matthew