Thursday, March 12, 2009

Sky Watch Friday


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There has been so much talk about cyclones/tornados in the past few years as they seem to be on the increase each year. A couple of years ago a photographer friend of my son in Dallas shared these and David later sent them to Adam who shared them with me. They are so spectacular I decided to share them with you today. They are both gorgeous and terrifying to look at.





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66 comments:

  1. DianneMarch 12, 2009 at 7:31 AM

    It never ceases to amaze me how stunning nature can be - even when it is being the most threatening.

    your friend is an incredible photographer!!

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  2. underOvr (aka The U)March 12, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    Good morning Sylvia,

    Those are incredible photographs that reveal an awesome power.

    U

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  3. Sujatha BagalMarch 12, 2009 at 9:14 AM

    Wow! Those are awesome!

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  4. DarleneMarch 12, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    Wonderful and terrifying photos. I am so grateful that I have never experienced such a powerful force of nature.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 10:09 AM

    These are amazing, stunning pictures. As far as I remember I have never seen these kind of clouds in the Netherlands.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 10:16 AM

    Yes, they are terrifying, but spectacular, too! The next time a hurricane hits Hawaii, I'll be sure to photograph the sky.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 10:19 AM

    Sorry, I made a link to my Dutch site. Through this one you will know me better.

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  8. CatMarch 12, 2009 at 10:50 AM

    The photos are beautiful but having weathered a few of them while living in Kentucky and here in WV I have a real fear of them.

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  9. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    Amazing, and makes me want to go dig a root cellar!!

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  10. CaroleMarch 12, 2009 at 11:42 AM

    These are amazing, beautiful, and terrifying all at once.

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  11. GaelynMarch 12, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    These energetic skies remind me of growing up in Illinois.
    Can you feel it in the air?

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  12. Trish ~ ♥ ~March 12, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    Terrifying is right! How everyone was ok.

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  13. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 12:06 PM

    It is amazing how beautiful something that dangerous can be. You captured the power and beauty so well.

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  14. Photo CacheMarch 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    oh boy those are ultimate sky watch photos. thanks for sharing.

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  15. EG CameraGirlMarch 12, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    Awesome, Sylvia. But they also look a bit scary.

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  16. SandyCarlsonMarch 12, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    Those are amazing. What a perspective. Like cotton candy, somehow. So gorgeous.

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  17. This Is My Blog - fishing guyMarch 12, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    Sylvia: What really neat shots of the tornatic activity.

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  18. Rune EideMarch 12, 2009 at 1:02 PM

    That was impressing indeed! You must have been terrified - glad we don't have those.

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  19. Linda PendletonMarch 12, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    Wow. Those are incredible photographs!

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  20. Guy DMarch 12, 2009 at 1:13 PM

    Wow is all I can say.....thanks for sharing these with us Sylvia, I am in awe.

    Have a great weekend!
    Guy
    Regina In Pictures

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  21. Reader WilMarch 12, 2009 at 1:18 PM

    These photos are so impressive! Your friend is a really great photographer. It's a sky beautiful in its threat!

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  22. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    Two words: Unbelievable and scary. What a wonderful series of photos -thanks for sharing them.

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  23. UnknownMarch 12, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    Wow, Those are amazing.

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  24. PeggyMarch 12, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    Wow ....what a great fiend to share these pictures with you and you then with us. Must have been really scary to have been living in those farms down on the ground!

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  25. naturglede/Randi LindMarch 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    Wow! Your clouds skares me, but they were great too. Have a nice weekend:)

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  26. MariaMarch 12, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    The pictures ARE both gorgeous and terrifying to look at. And I am soHAPPY that you did not take them yourself! Your umbrella would have been a mess,too :)
    Thanks for your visit and have a great weekend! What about the tulips in your region? Still sleeping?

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  27. Frankie AnonMarch 12, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    Spectacular! I love the big skies of the American Wet and Midwest. What's the photographer's name?

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  28. Jane Hards PhotographyMarch 12, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    These are remarkable and incredible images. These have to be the best this week. No contest, but they are awesome.

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  29. Brad MyersMarch 12, 2009 at 2:43 PM

    he only thing I can say is WOW! What a sky and captured perfectly, I don't know if I could stay and take photographs as I would be headed the other way.

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  30. UnknownMarch 12, 2009 at 2:59 PM

    OMG they look wonderful but scary too.
    Well done.

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  31. JimMarch 12, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    Wow! Awesome shots.

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  32. JudyMarch 12, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    These pictures are just totally awesome. I have never seen pictures like these before. Like you said they are scary and beautiful. Thanks for sharing them.

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  33. LOURDES C COSTAMarch 12, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    Hello!!! Silvia!!!
    Amazing pictures indeed...
    Fantastic, Fabolous,I didn't say more words to explain what i'm to see,really very , very beautiful shots...
    Thanks for sharing...
    Have a great weekend...


    Love from Portugal!!!
    LURDES

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  34. Susan at Stony RiverMarch 12, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    Wow, Sylvia, they're like something out of a fairy-tale book or a wonderful dream; but my God how frightening they must be to someone seeing it 'live'. Such danger and such beauty together.

    What an amazing skywatching post!!

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  35. Susan at Stony RiverMarch 12, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    Wow, Sylvia, they're like something out of a fairy-tale book or a wonderful dream; but my God how frightening they must be to someone seeing it 'live'. Such danger and such beauty together.

    What an amazing skywatching post!!

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  36. bobbieMarch 12, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    "gorgeous and terrifying" those are certainly the right words.

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  37. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 5:00 PM

    Yay, that's something! I love it but so terrifying...

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  38. gone to the dogsMarch 12, 2009 at 5:09 PM

    Wow! these are scarey. Great photos, but I hope I never see them in my sky.

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  39. BimMarch 12, 2009 at 5:43 PM

    Unbelievably fantastic pictures - well, our puny little stormy nights in England can clearly not hold up to THAT!

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  40. IndraniMarch 12, 2009 at 5:59 PM

    Great series! Couple of them are scary though.

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  41. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    Sylvia, those are almost unbelievable. Glad I wasn't there and that the photog was so I can see them safely. Wow! I also like your post below. Things we sometimes forget.

    Thanks so much for your comment on my Skywatch guest post. Much appreciated.

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  42. Sally in WAMarch 12, 2009 at 6:33 PM

    I hopt to never experience a tornado except through stunning photos like these!

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  43. MojoMarch 12, 2009 at 6:50 PM

    Fascinating, but I don't want to be the guy with the camera in these!

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  44. PearlMarch 12, 2009 at 6:50 PM

    Wow! The power of nature -- "awesome" in the true sense of the word.
    Pearl

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  45. RedzlanMarch 12, 2009 at 7:32 PM

    Spectacular!,
    National Geographic quality pics.

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  46. Light and VoicesMarch 12, 2009 at 7:43 PM

    Holy ta mole....and you are still alive? Wonderful sky shots.
    Joyce

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  47. June SavilleMarch 12, 2009 at 8:02 PM

    They are monsters SYLVIA. Magic pictures.
    June in Oz

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  48. Small City ScenesMarch 12, 2009 at 8:29 PM

    OMG What else could one say. Those are outa sight. MB

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  49. CarlettaMarch 12, 2009 at 9:14 PM

    Awesome photos and even that doesn't really describe the images!
    Great photography!! So glad you could share these.

    My Sky Watch is on my photoblog: Carletta’s Captures

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  50. Taj_maanMarch 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM

    Beautiful! Amazing how he was able to capture them. I've never seen a tornado in real life and I'm not sure if I wanted to..lol.

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  51. magiceyeMarch 12, 2009 at 9:41 PM

    awesomely ominous!

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  52. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 10:26 PM

    Oh my, that is such a powerful force of nature - both extremely beautiful and terrifying!

    Thanks for sharing this gorgeous photographs and for commenting on my blog :)

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  53. MarizMarch 12, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    Those are incredible shots! It's amazing how your friend managed to capture them so beautifully. Did he quickly run away after taking the click?

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  54. K.March 12, 2009 at 11:03 PM

    Incredible...Right out of The Wizard of Oz...

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  55. Four-eyed-missyMarch 13, 2009 at 12:45 AM

    Stunning and terrifying at the same time!


    Inside Cambodia

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  56. vincibeneMarch 13, 2009 at 3:49 AM

    WOW! Incredible pictures!

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  57. UnknownMarch 13, 2009 at 4:46 AM

    Stunning details and colors in each those images. WOW.

    Cool set of unique sky watch images.

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  58. AnonymousMarch 13, 2009 at 6:24 AM

    Amazing picture ! ! !
    really beautifull.
    Great!
    Gr.
    P-TER

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  59. UnknownMarch 13, 2009 at 9:19 AM

    OMG Sylvia there are staggering piccies and living in tornado alley as I do - terrifying too!

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  60. AnonymousMarch 13, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    If I see those here, I'd go running after taking the shots! aWesome!!!

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  61. AnonymousMarch 13, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    Wow, amazing skies, but true it also looks overwhelming...Id run too!

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  62. Greg DimitriadisMarch 13, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    Wow! those are simply magnificent, thanks for sharing them and thanks for visiting Liege City Daily Photo!

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  63. Lilli & NevadaMarch 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    Oh my gosh, i have never, never, never seen anything like this before.

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  64. LewMarch 13, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    Just awesome! Hat's off to your son's friend for these shots.

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  65. BaruchMarch 13, 2009 at 5:18 PM

    Great captures! Impressive yet scary!

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  66. AnonymousMarch 13, 2009 at 5:34 PM

    Wow!! Those are incredible! I can see why people go tornado or storm chasing. Scary but so incredible!

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