Lightning storm that took place in Manvel, Texas on August 8th 2003
Photographer: Angela Delsi
A photograph of the phenomenon known as St. Elmo’s Fire…St. Elmo’s Fire: Luminous greenish or bluish glow above pointed objects on the ground. Named for the patron saint of sailors, St. Elmo’s Fire is created by the soft glow of an electric field generated by a continuous flow of tiny sparks. The tiny sparks are postive charges reaching skyward in response to a growing area of negative charge in the clouds or air above. Instead of generating a lightning strike, the corona discharge, as it’s called, flees objects such the masts of ships, power poles, radio and TV antennas or towers, and the wings of aircraft, causing the glow. If a thunderstorm is nearby, St. Elmo’s Fire might precede a lightning strike close by.
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Date: 07-10-03
Photographer: Cary Allen, Former Chief Meteorologist, WACH-TV
Circular Cloud
Published August 19, 2008 Atmospheric Optical Effects , Clouds , Uncategorized 0 Comments
Circular cloud over Country Club Plaza.
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Date: 05-06-03
Photographer: J. Howard Kim
It is taken from the southern suburbs of the city on 5/1/2002 during a severe snowstorm.The reason why this picture is unique is obvious: It is very rare to have about 40cm of snow in the southern suburbs of a city near the meditteranean sea.We have snow every winter but not so much and so intense.The last time this area had such an amount of snow was 50 years ago,while in the northern suburbs of the city snow exceeded even 3 or 4 meters that day!
Location: Athens, Greece
Photographer: Christos Ntountoulakis.
Tornado pops out of a wall cloud in large supercell
Location: Alfalfa, Oklahoma
Date: May 22, 1981
Credit: NOAA Photo Library
Looking down the railroad tracks at the sunset from the summit street crossing in Charlotte, North Carolina
Date: September 2003
Photographer: Chuck Hemrick
Lightning Over Tucson
Published August 14, 2008 Atmospheric Optical Effects , Lightning , Thunderstorms 0 Comments
Time lapse exposure showing multiple lightning strikes over Tucson, Arizona
Photographer: Warren Faidley
Occluded mesocyclone tornado. Occluded means old circulation on a storm; this tornado was forming while the new circulation was beginning to form the tornadoes which preceeded the F5 Oklahoma City tornado.
Location: 7 miles south of Anadarko, Oklahoma
Photo Date: May 3, 1999
Credit: OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
Rain Clouds at Sunset
Published August 12, 2008 Clouds , Sun , Sunsets , Thunderstorms , Uncategorized 0 Comments
Location: Madera, California
Date: March, 2003
Photographer: Linda Wisener
