WATCH: Every Atlantic hurricane of 2017 from space

Thursday, November 16, 2017, 6:27 AM - The flow of tiny particles in the atmosphere can help write the story of a hurricane, and the video above is a mesmerizing visualization of this crucial process.

Produced by NASA, it's a spectacular view of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. The swirling colours help track the lifespan of this season's tremendous storms, but the purpose is to understand tiny particles in our atmosphere and their journey around the globe.

NASA's team used satellite imagery and sophisticated mathematical models to display these small particles, called aerosols. The resulting blues, whites and browns that you see represent sea salt, smoke and dust, respectively.

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The warm tropical ocean waters would help fuel intense storms like Harvey, Irma and Maria, and as those storms and others spun up in the ocean, they would ingest aerosols from their surroundings. Rich amounts of sea salt would spiral around a given storm's center, allowing us to see a different perspective on storm development.

With the official end of the Atlantic hurricane season on November 30th, the research being done will help forecasters for the next season further understand the complex interactions that are involved in hurricane development.

With files from Daniel Martins.

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SOURCE: NASA Goddard Media Studios