9 Examples of Incredible Tornado Photography
December 28, 2008 · Print This Article
When it comes to storm photography, there’s not much that can beat tornadoes. They’re dramatic, frightening and somehow incredibly beautiful. The first three photos shown here were taken by ‘storm chasers’ Mike Hollingshead and Eric Nguyen, who head out the door any time a tornado warning is issued in order to experience the storms up close and capture amazing images. You can see more of Nguyen’s images at his website, or in his book, Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers.
Storm chasers aren’t always photographers or journalists – some are research scientists, while others are just adrenaline junkies seeking the rush of being so close to danger.
Below are photographs taken by ‘The Stormgasm Team’, a group of meteorologists and meteorology students who call themselves “the most hardcore storm chasers in the world”. Jim Bishop, Tom Santillo, Simon Brewer and Reed Timmer have captured some amazing images of the storms they’ve chased all over the United States. See more of their work at Stormgasm.com.
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Dear Sirs:
I am a weather fanatic who enjoys reading your chase reports and seeing your photos of storm structure and tornadoes.
Tonight I had been looking at these type of items on weather.com of individuals who had uploaded what was supposedly their own photos. When I then came to your site, I noticed one of your pictures was exceedingly familiar. The first link below is the picture on weather.com to which I refer. It matches the third picture down on your site, the link for which I also posted below. Unless your mothers are now out taking photos for you, I figure someone is claiming your work for themselves.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/photo/read/weather/B841AFFA-918B-11DD-AB7F-85090A17877E?from=photos_search_results
http://earthfirst.com/9-examples-of-incredible-tornado-photography/
I wish to thank you for many, many hours of enjoyable reading and viewing. I would absolutely love to go on a storm chase, but am not physically able. Therefore, I will continue to do my chasing online via your websites. You cannot know how much it means to me to be able to do that.
Sincerely,
Lynn Williams
First three photos depict mesocyclones, not tornadoes.
Anyway, beautiful.
the images r just amazing.I love watching STORM CHASERshow on discovery.
its very very good show