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Like a painting, but real. A dusty occluding tornado over open land as the sunset lights up its parent updraft. #kswx #stormhour @ReedTimmerAccu @spann
6.23.2023 - Johnson, KS
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Tornadoes, aurora, 3km CAPE/vort bullseyes, streamwise hodos with that kink at 700mb, and the stray cat in my yard. As seen on TV one time like 7 years ago
- For those of you who have not seen the aurora borealis before, there's no time like the present. I want to dispel some misinformation because there sure is a lot of it. If you don't know what's real and what isn't, this thread is for you!
- tfw when you spent the last 7 years planning one single photo and you have 1.5 seconds to make it happen Baily's beads and bright solar prominences, single shot. 1/500 f/8 400 ISO, 600mm. Just another photo from #Eclipse2024
- Replying to @sdantwxDon't be, because photography is not what captures aurora best. Video does! The aurora is rarely stationary. The sky moves in spikes and swirls and all kinds of weird ways. It has several different phases too. It's an experience, not a picture!
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00:00- Last night was an incredible display of color at an incredibly special place, shared with a distant coyote pack howling at the erupting sky. Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming 4.23.2023 #aurora #wywx #stormhour @spann @TamithaSkov
- I swear this storm was straight out of a nuclear apocalypse movie scene
Some storms just can't be characterized by a photo. But we try anyway. 5.25.2023 - Grady, NM - The sprites would regularly fill my frame at 50mm. Just piles of them across the sky. 2 second exposures, no stacking, no composites - crazy, crazy stuff.
Sprites are a "new" phenomenon. Into the mid-1990s sprites were thought to be a myth. Modern technology lets us see them in high resolution. Last night, a severe storm in Tulsa produced huge sprites every 2-3 minutes visible from Texas #stormhour 6.17.2023 - Pampa, TX - In any other context, the Elkhorn EF-4 would have been the tornado of a lifetime, but I've never felt fear for people I've never met like I did while I was watching this thing. I am still blown away that there were no fatalities. Advanced warnings and shelter plans work.
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The April 26, 2024 Elkhorn-Bennington-Blair area tornado has been upgraded to an EF-4 rating, a change in estimated maximum wind speed from 165 to 170 mph. Please see the attached for more information regarding this adjustment. - Replying to @sdantwxMisinfo #1: what aurora looks like Cameras are really good. This is the same image. Both are edited. The former image is one I am proud of - intense, vibrantly colored aurora in the Arctic. The latter is toned down and more like what you will see. Surprised?
- Tornado east of Las Vegas, NM, yesterday. Well worth losing a windshield #nmwx #StormHour @spann @ReedTimmerAccu
