Spectacular photos of supercell

[jeanpalmer]

Never seen anything like this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1334672/Jaw-dropping-image-enormous-supercell-cloud-Glasgow-Montana.html

[WillParkinson]

1. Holy crap!

Those were amazing.

[rurallib]

2. WOW!

Thanks

[jeanpalmer]

6. You're welcome

and thanks to Sean Heavey -- what a photographer.

[ctaylors6]

3. Fantastic pics!

Thanks for posting.

[PearliePoo2]

4. HOLY-HAIL STORM BATMAN!!

I've been in many Montana thunderstorms....I've had to pull over off the road because the hail was coming down so hard and fast that you couldn't see two feet in front of you.
I've sat terrified in my van wondering if the hail was going to shatter the windshield or if the eardrum-breaking thunder was going to render me deaf or if the lightning was going to fry my van in a bright, blue blaze...but I've NEVER, EVER seen anything like this!
:scared:
:wow:

[jeanpalmer]

5. That's the question that I had

Is this a common occurrence in Montana? Went through there with my family as a kid and did hit a hail storm with hail the size of golf balls -- broke the windshield. But don't recall seeing anything like this. Well, I guess it is unique.

[PearliePoo2]

10. Yes, thunderstorms are common in Montana, especially in the summer

They are also more prevalent in the plains, east of the Rocky Mountains.
Last summer in June, a tornado ripped through Billings, Montana, the largest tornado to hit the county in 50 years.

[Tippy]

7. K&R all I can say is WOW....

[leveymg]

8. We are so insignificant compared to the powers of nature. Thanks!

[slackmaster]

11. No, no. We're destroying the planet, remember?

:hide:

[leveymg]

12. Not mutually-exclusive. A lot of us. Only one sky. ;-)

[nykym]

9. I don't think we're in

Kansas anymore Toto.

[uncle ray]

13. i think i saw God's hands in one of those photos.

or something vaguely similar.

[burrowowl]

14. Beautiful!

[Lucinda]

15. Amazing! Thanks for posting the link! n/t

[MilesColtrane]

16. All those HDR photos look like Thomas Kinkade™ paintings to me.

A nice effect, but overdone in my opinion.