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Dramatic Timelapse Shows Develpment of Supercell “Mothership” Storm Cloud in Wyoming

19 May , 2014 by Nancy Atkinson Video

Yikes! The Mothership has returned to Wyoming a la “Close Encounters of the Third Kind!” Yesterday a gigantic storm cloud spun into a flying saucer shape in eastern Wyoming near Newcastle and a storm-chasing group called Basehunters captured it all on film. Luckily, by the end of the footage, the storm dissipates. You can see […]

Storm chasers, storms, Supercell storms

Natural Disasters, Videos

Insane Timelapse of a Rotating Supercell Looks Like an Alien Spaceship

17 Jun , 2013 by Nancy Atkinson

Photographer and storm chaser Mike Olbinski has captured some incredible storm footage over the years (such as this apocalyptic haboob in Arizona in 2011.) But his latest timelapse was something he’s been chasing down for over four years: a rotating supercell. Mike lives in Arizona, where that type of storm doesn’t happen. But he regularly […]

Mike Olbinski, storms, Supercell storms

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