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Related: About this forumAmazing storm image
A huge supercell dominates the Texas skyline like an atomic bomb explosion near Lubbock, Texas. This incredible image was taken on April 11th by photographer Darin Kuntz who has spent his entire life in so-called Tornado Alley. And Darin confirmed that he snapped the storm standing in his backyard in Lubbock, Texas.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/11598551/Pictures-of-the-day-12-May-2015.html?frame=3300824
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n2doc
May 2015
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Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)1. Incredible shot.
Absolutely incredible.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)2. Darin's backyard must be on 1,000-foot bluff overlooking downtown Lubbock.
Been there. Seen the place. Didn't notice there was such a thing there.
Or maybe he was shooting from one of them Texas Balloon Chairs that hover at the end of a 1,000-foot line.
Beautiful photograph of the storm cell, though. Maybe he used a drone?
VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)3. That must be quite a backyard.
It appears to be several hundred feet in the air...
Warpy
(111,255 posts)4. There will be opportunities for other such photos in the next few days
There's a big storm in the high desert, strong winds and thunder, so points downstream are likely to be hit hard.
ramblin_dave
(1,546 posts)5. According to this source it was taken from a drone about a month ago...
http://www.reddit.com/r/weather/comments/32e96e/another_amazing_supercell_near_lubbock_texas/
redradier81: "for source that is lubbock texas looking east yesterday around 735pm central from a phantom 2 vision plus at 700foot altitude"
redradier81: "for source that is lubbock texas looking east yesterday around 735pm central from a phantom 2 vision plus at 700foot altitude"
steve2470
(37,457 posts)7. yep, makes a lot more sense than "from his backyard", unless his backyard is on a freaking mtn. nt
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