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Storms 224 images Created 27 Sep 2013

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Wall of Water
Off The Rails
Elephant Trunk Tornado
Seeing Double
Chugwater Tornado
5 Strikes
Last Night of July
Home On the Range
Under Jupiter
The Hills Are Electric
Lightning and Moonbeams
Moon Behind the Anvil
Strike Beyond Interior
Beulah Derecho 3:1 Panorama
Beulah Derecho 2:1 Panorama
$Even after driving up Highway 14 dozens of times, I almost always stop at this scenic overlook. It’s where the Bighorn Mountains meet the endless plains stretching across eastern Wyoming and Montana. The towns of Dayton, Ranchester, and Sheridan are seen thousands of feet below and it’s a popular spot for launching hang gliders. For years I’ve wanted to capture a good lightning storm from here. But it required just the right storm, one that comes in from the northwest in a path parallel to the mountains. It needed to be close enough to light up the valley, but far enough to stay out of danger and out of most of the rain. It also needed to be predictable, so I could get there in time. At 10PM sheets of rain began to envelop the ridges to the north one by one. Then this brilliant flash illuminated the foothills and switchbacks just before the lights of Dayton disappeared into the downpour. I’ve always loved the challenge of capturing something that lasts a fraction of a second and preserving it in a picture.$

Electric Rain
Farmer's Delight
Yellowstone River Shelf
Sky Tsunami
Montana Mothership
Tornadic Buffalo Supercell
Cone Tornado
Buffalo Tornado
Tornado Road
The Last Twister

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