Nearby thunderstorm towers (behind the view) shadowed a thick, nearly symmetric, mound-shaped, towering cumulus formation, silhouetted against the background of another storm's higher cloud mass, for an interesting, high-contrast effect. The storm behind us evolved into a respectable supercell. This was one of those grand afternoons afield when fascinating features periodically pockmarked the … [Read more...]
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Sharp Golden Core
Sharp-edged and glowing golden in the late afternoon, the forward-flank core of a supercell cast filtered sunlight not only on our retinas and the camera sensor, but in diffusely reflected form, off the intervening cloud material of the northern updraft rim. We had waited at this location for over an hour before storm genesis, anticipating development near the intersection of a warm-sector … [Read more...]