Thursday, November 29, 2012

Old Pictures

I wanted to post the pictures below before they are lost for eternity.  Description of each scene is given after the image.


Tornado near Throckmorton, TX on April 7, 2002.  Probably my best storm chase ever.

Developing stage of the Throckmorton, TX tornado.

Mature stage of the Throckmorton, TX tornado.  Note the massive clear slot on the left/foreground wrapping cyclonically around the low-level mesocyclone.

Tornado near LaGrange, WY on June 5, 2009.  I was much too close to this tornado, and my wind shield paid the price when softball size hail started to fall shortly after this picture was taken.

Wall cloud which preceded the LaGrange, WY tornado.

My first tornado observed, from May 16, 1999 near Pacific Junction, IA.

Old building in northwestern KS.

Sunset in northeastern CO.

Slot canyon in Tent Rocks, NM.

Sangre de Cristo mountains, CO.

Chimney Rock, NEB.

Morning light in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.

Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.

Supercell thunderstorm over the Nebraska Panhandle.

Spring flowers in Lincoln, NEB.

Weak tornado in southern KS on April 24, 2007.

Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS.

Daley Plaza, Dallas, TX.

El Capitan viewed from Guadalupe Peak, TX.

Outflow dominant wall cloud associated with a supercell in Western NEB.

Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS.

Estes Park, CO.

Approaching Granite Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.

Supercell thunderstorm in northeastern CO.

Developing supercell in central OK.

Rotating wall cloud in southern KS.

Approaching Buena Vista, CO.

View of Glacier Gorge and Longs Peak, CO.

Wheeler Peak, NM.

Sunset in southeastern SD.

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