May 26, 2006, Central Kansas -- The edge of a supercell turned squall line. It took us about half an hour of driving through intermittent hail to get ahead of this thing, which came as a bit of a surprise, as the storm accelerated east at 50mph while we were under it.
I'm honestly not quite sure about the cause of the purple color. The sun was setting and the storm was producing copious quantities of hail and lightning. My guess is that the reddish sunlight mixed with the bluish color of the lightning inside the clouds to create the rather bizarre color that came out in the photo.
This was one of the most beautiful storms I've ever seen, despite being what Kansas residents would call a "garden variety squall". That's the great part about storm chasing -- you never know when a storm is going to figuratively knock your socks off. (The terrifying part is that you never know when a storm is going to literally knock your socks off.)
3 comments:
Spectacular photos
WOW! That is totally awesome. To be soo close must be mega awesome and scary as hell. Spectacular captures thats for sure.
A beleza dessas imagens, deixaram-me taquipneica de emoção.Salvei algumas para embelezar meus slides e divulga-las é claro!!!
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