Watch an Incredible Time-Lapse Video of Severe Thunderstorms
By Angie McPherson, National Geographic, 19 February 2014.
By Angie McPherson, National Geographic, 19 February 2014.
Photographer Nicolaus Wegner loves a good storm chase - one of several reasons he produced a new time-lapse video called "Stormscapes."
His footage captures the formation of powerful thunderstorms developing over the Great Plains. Several of the storms he filmed are supercells - severe, potentially dangerous thunderstorms with a vortex of rotating air known as a mesocyclone. Supercells produce hail, strong rain, and occasionally tornadoes. (Read: "Oklahoma Tornado: Why So Destructive, Unpredictable?")
Wegner is not a storm chaser; he's a photographer. He started taking photos as a telecommunications contractor at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, and has been capturing photos of the Wyoming wilderness ever since. National Geographic spoke to him about the video and the challenges in following such powerful storms.
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