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Published: 2013-06-22 00:15:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 35177; Favourites: 2791; Downloads: 0
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There's nothing like catching a gorgeously-structured storm in your home state! Caught this supercell while chasing with Cody Ervin west of West Point, NE just as it began to spin. Watched it evolve from a moderately-rounded base to this highly-striated stack of plates in a span of about 15 minutes
A very humbling process to watch. This was taken right as the structure peaked. Unfortunately, the storm would soon begin to get shrouded in rain, and the "show" was over as soon as it began 
Still, so glad I got to witness this! Would have sucked missing structure like this only an hour from home.To see the full set of images from this day, click here !
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Beautiful, the power of nature to express itself, well captured the sky changes so fast, thank you.
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That is a beautiful sight... best viewed from a safe distance.
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Want this pic on this group's gallery folder robloxweatherservice.deviantarβ¦
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Loooove stuff like this, but don't live in the right area to see it with my own eyes. (Did see something that might have generated this while I was traveling through South Dakota once, but it was pretty far away and got rain-wrapped right away so I couldn't tell. Even that looked cool, though.) Anyway, glad you got to see & capture this yourself. Beautiful, powerful, WOW!
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I want this as a big ass print on my Wall! Awesome shot
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WOW, absolutely stunning, what an excellent capture
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This has been featured hereΒ creativemikey.deviantart.com/j...
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I got to see the birth of this cell! Awesome capture! First chase I ever went on, glad I did!Β
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Fantastic capture my friend
You deserve DD. Congrats for getting one on this one.
Have a great weekend.
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something humbling about this creation of nature, perfect and goosebumbingly full of potential!
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This is gorgeous! And also a little terrifying. What exactly is a supercell?
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Let's see if I can get this right.
From what I understand, a supercell is a thunderstorm that contains an area where uprising air circulates around a vertical axis. Supercells are usually have strong winds, hail, and rain. Their offspring include tornados.
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It looks like the beginning of a tornado. Not that I know what that looks like. Haha. How did you get into storm chasing?
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The mesocyclone (that wall of rotating air) does give birth to tornadoes in the rear as conditions behind there have to be met to have such events happen. Something about the rear down draft forcing the rotating end to touchdown to the ground. The same event that creates the tornado also eventually ends it as it chokes the rotating air to be feed from the ground. Beyond that, I have no more knowledge.
I got a little interest in weather after a little dip into space. Being a curious kid back then and all. 
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*STANDING OVATION* BRAVO!! BRAVO!!! Thank You and congrats on the DD!
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Biggest super cell I have ever seen 
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This photo should be in Meteorology text books.Β Great capture.
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congrats on DD chaser! so well deserved! this is a beautiful storm, you can almost see it spinning like a top in the photo and that's amazing. you captured its rotation beautifully and this is a nicely structured cell. Ther're so rare in my neck of the woods but we do get a few bangers here and there, so this is just beautiful!
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WOOOOAAAHHH...IMPRESSIONNANT !!!
Une photo incroyable.
Bravo.
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