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Mike Olbinski
@MikeOlbinski
Professional storm chaser, filmmaker and photographer. Emmy winner. Published author. Husband and father of three. Still builds Lego and loves Marvel.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined December 2007
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    From northeast of Phoenix tonight. A faint tinge of purple/red to the naked eye, but the camera saw all of it! #auroresboreales
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    What unfolded right before our eyes last night south of Andrews, Texas was something I’ll never forget. From a bust of a day to one of the best moments in my chasing career. The colors, the hail dumping, the roar we could hear coming…I am still feeling euphoric. @CanonUSA #txwx
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    No words for yesterday’s chase. From watching the tower go up just west of our target, to this moment near Denver City, TX…hands down, probably top 3 structure I’ve ever seen in person. Time-lapse dream for me. #txwx
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    You can always spot a great leader by how often they tell everyone how smart they are.
    As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...
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    It’s way too short, but here’s a brief time-lapse of it looking over downtown Phoenix! Wish I had been more prepared and time-lapsed it from the very beginning! #spacexlaunch #Falcon9 @elonmusk #SonyA7RIII
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    July 29th, Tucson...12.5 minutes, 35 images with 75+ bolts that I counted. That is a rate of six strikes per minute. So thrilling to watch this with my workshop guests! I don't do many stacks, but I had to in this case! #azwx Shot on @canonusa R5 + 100-500mm
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    Time-lapse of the microburst over Phoenix yesterday evening! Hopefully X doesn’t destroy the quality completely. #azwx #monsoon
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    Absolutely incredible capture of St. Elmo’s Fire last night by my good buddy @Scuba_F16. He was piloting a Boeing 767 somewhere over Georgia and this crazy weather phenomenon started happening. Never seen it before!
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    Random farmer drove up to us tonight in Nebraska and showed us this photo he shot on his phone. I immediately threw my cameras in the mud for the second time this week 😂
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    Have no words. Losing my mind.
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    After nearly getting blasted, I hid in the back of my truck as my cameras did the work…luckily they were aimed correctly and a couple monsterous bolts hit just 1-2 miles west of me. Def one of my all-time fav lightning pics. Shot from the Willcox playa. #azwx #stormhour
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    I should be in bed because I have a 7am flight, but couldn’t help editing this shot of one of the most gorgeous storms I’ve ever seen in Arizona. Never seen a green core like that in this state before. And at sunset. Out of control colors. #azwx #stormhour