Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Birth of a Supercell Thunderstorm

Via io9:
 It took photographer Mike Olbinski four years to capture the formation of a colossal, spiraling supercell on video – but good grief, was it worth the wait. This footage is the very definition of spellbinding....

...Read more about Olbinski's experience on his website. (Olbinski has a knack for catching large-scale natural phenomena on film. In 2011, he shot a jawdropping timelapse of a massive Arizona dust storm. Check it out here.)