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A hurricane scientist logged a final flight as NOAA released his ashes into Milton’s eye

In this image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a NOAA crew on a reconnaissance flight, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, into the eye of Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, gather before dropping a package containing the ashes of Peter Dodge, an award-winning scientist who made almost 400 hundreds flight into the eyes of hurricanes, as a lasting tribute to the longtime radar specialist and researcher. (Sim Aberson/NOAA via AP)

In this image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a NOAA crew on a reconnaissance flight, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, into the eye of Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, gather before dropping a package containing the ashes of Peter Dodge, an award-winning scientist who made almost 400 hundreds flight into the eyes of hurricanes, as a lasting tribute to the longtime radar specialist and researcher. (Sim Aberson/NOAA via AP)

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 12:15 p.m. EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (NOAA via AP)

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 12:15 p.m. EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (NOAA via AP)