Look to the Sky

Kitsune • May 21, 2004 11:29 am
Did you know that Florida is #4 on the list of states with the most number of tornadoes per year? I bet you didn't! I caught this rather phallic cloud formation dipping from the sky for a couple minutes during a particularly nasty thunderstorm earlier this week. Like the majority of them, this little funnel did no damage.

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Does anyone have any really good "evil sky" pictures? Or just interesting weather images? For quite awhile, it was my policy to carry a camera everywhere I went in the hopes that a good spring storm would turn violent. It is true that is not the best thing to be eager to see, but damn it sometimes looks impressive. There is nothing like a front of darkness sweeping in with that sudden cold breeze to make you run like hell.
ladysycamore • May 21, 2004 3:36 pm
Dang I have a couple. If I can find them, I'll post.
DanaC • May 21, 2004 6:21 pm
I have a shot of my dog in the woods which looks like it came straight out of the evil dead.
Happy Monkey • May 21, 2004 6:26 pm
What, there's a pale blue rectangle around the moon?
DanaC • May 21, 2004 6:28 pm
*deadpan* Yes. exactly that
xoxoxoBruce • May 21, 2004 7:44 pm
Here's an excellent website to find weather related pictures. It's supposed to be all local weather pictures from around the world, but people post what they want.:) You know how hard it is to control posters. I've seen some great cloud/storm/lightning pictures so check out the archives.
Griff • May 21, 2004 8:42 pm
Originally posted by DanaC
I have ...shot ...my dog in the woods which looks like it came straight out of the evil dead.


Hadn't played the paraphrase game here in a while so...
plthijinx • May 21, 2004 10:58 pm
Originally posted by Kitsune
......... I went in the hopes that a good spring storm would turn violent. It is true that is not the best thing to be eager to see, but damn it sometimes looks impressive. There is nothing like a front of darkness sweeping in with that sudden cold breeze to make you run like hell. [/B]


unless your in an airplane:worried: i've been up there and had the weather go sour real quick, real fast. it's amazing, one minute the sky is clear and the next your dodging thunderbumpers! cool, mesmerizing, and dangerous. run at full throttle! (very cool pic btw!)
xoxoxoBruce • May 30, 2004 11:06 am
three from the last week:
Texas
xoxoxoBruce • May 30, 2004 11:07 am
Iowa
xoxoxoBruce • May 30, 2004 11:08 am
and South Carolina:eek:
plthijinx • May 30, 2004 11:49 am
pretty impressive!
lumberjim • May 30, 2004 11:57 am
elverson last week
lumberjim • May 30, 2004 12:00 pm
the next night
Uryoces • Jun 1, 2004 1:58 pm
AHHHH!!!! Flamy-thing in the sky! Flamy-thing in the sky!
xoxoxoBruce • Jun 7, 2004 2:44 pm
Swisher County, TX.;)
glatt • Jun 7, 2004 2:45 pm
Looks like rain...
Uryoces • Jun 7, 2004 10:27 pm
I don't have any pictures, unfortunately, but we've had a few tornadoes around Western Washington the last few days. They usually destroy barns and kill chickens.
Nothing But Net • Jun 8, 2004 12:17 am
Somewhere between Houston and Dallas, 6/6/04:
wolf • Jun 8, 2004 1:55 am
That is absolutely awesome. Do you have the full-sized image and could you email it to me? I think it would make a dandy screen background.

(i'm assuming that you took this yourself, it's of wonderous quality, like many of your babe pictures).
Nothing But Net • Jun 8, 2004 3:14 am
Thanks for the kind words wolf. Yes, it is my shot. You can get a full-res version here
wolf • Jun 8, 2004 10:08 am
YEAH!!

Oh, and it really does make GREAT wallpaper.
Troubleshooter • Jun 8, 2004 10:12 am
Originally posted by wolf
YEAH!!

Oh, and it really does make GREAT wallpaper.


Ok everybody, this reminds me of an informal demographic study I've been doing over the years and deserves its own thread.

I'll start the thread in Quality Images momentarily.

Everybody do a screen grab of your desktop and stick it there.

I'll explain when I get there.
Pi • Jun 9, 2004 12:34 pm
This is the Sun and the dark spot is Venus. Photo taken a few days ago by a military photographer here in Brussels.
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Torrere • Jun 9, 2004 11:20 pm
Haha. I was about to ask where wolf got that picture.

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