The Final Storm

Sandra Herber
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The Final Storm
The Final Storm

It was a tough storm chasing season. There were few significant storms and storms that looked like they're going to produce great structure just fizzled. The upside of that is that people and property were safe (this was only the second time on record that there have been no tornado-related deaths in May or June). For storm chasers, though, it was very disappointing. This year, we chased for 8 days through Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Long days in the car and chasing storms that just dissipated was the pattern for most days... until the last. This day was AMAZING. When this storm finally got going, north of Ogallala, Nebraska, it produced an awesome supercell and, then, near the of the night this incredible structure. It was pretty dark by the time I shot this, but it was incredible to see the structure of these clouds appear every time lightning (that's the pink colour) flashed inside the storm. It's hard to imagine the scale of this - but you can see it was shot with an 11mm lens and I just barely got the whole of it.

I know this is a wild departure from my usual minimalist work, but seeing these storms is such an amazing experience that I can't stop myself from going out there. Thanks again to Mike Olbinski for taking me right into the action.

If you'd like see more images I took while storm chasing, both this year and last year, take a look at my Storm Chasing album.

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Taken on: May 23, 2018
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Camera: Nikon D750, f/6.3, 2.5 sec, 11mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: 11.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 2.5
Focal Length: 11mm
ISO: 640
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Gain Control: Low gain up
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Windows)
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