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42 Awe Inspiring Photos of Extreme Weather

by Bill Jones

Mother Nature can really unleash some fury when she wants to. Its amazing how something can be so destructive and beautiful at the same time. Here are 42 examples of some of the most beautiful extreme weather photography I have ever seen. Enjoy.

Jim Reed
I wanted to start off with the king of extreme weather photography, Jim Reed. Jim’s photos are considered some of the best in the world. Make sure and check out his new book Storm Chaser: A Photographer’s Journey – http://www.stormchaserbook.com

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Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather



Mike Hollingshead
Mike shoots some of the most incredible storms I have ever seen. Make sure and check out his site http://www.extremeinstability.com. He has a ton of terrific shots. Check out his prints also.

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather



Eric Nguyen

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather


Alan Nyiri

Extreme Weather


Joe

Extreme Weather


Marty Pouwelse

Marty Pouwelse

Kenneth Fugate

Extreme Weather


PhotoNinja

Extreme Weather


Dennis Jones

Extreme Weather


Mike Theiss

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather


Ultimate Chase

Extreme Weather


Ngy Thanh

Extreme Weather


iblue

Extreme Weather


Hurricane Ike

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

OKWeatherWatch

Extreme Weather


Jorn C Olsen

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather


Woman in Snow

Extreme Weather

Ice Storms

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

If we have any storm chasers out there please join our flickr group and share your work.

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38 Comments

  • Black

    August 25th

    Wow ! That’s impressive.

  • Gloson

    August 26th

    Wow… These photos are simply impressive! I love Nature!

  • Lord Narmo

    August 26th

    Those photos are really amazing !

  • PNFphotography

    August 26th

    These are AWESOME thank you for sharing them….

  • Nora Reed

    August 26th

    Wow, I am still shocked by a lot of these. They are just incredible. I would love to know the locations of some of these, especially the ice storm photos. Where ever that is, I don’t think I want to live there. Nature can create some pretty incredible phenomenons. We just have to roll with the punches. Thanks

  • Henry

    August 26th

    Wow! Some of those cloud shots just look crazy.

  • Evil Mammoth

    August 26th

    There are few things that look as terrifying as a supercell thunderstorm.

  • Lianne Mckeown

    August 26th

    Wow these pictures are awe inspiring and so impressive!! I would love to be able to shoot pictures of this kind of weather!

  • steve jackson

    August 26th

    amazing pics, ive been in some of those, theyre scary stuff, brave photographers.

  • marsha charlebois

    August 27th

    Just incredible!!!

  • Lee sun-young

    August 27th

    wow!! Sometimes any pictures very scary!!

  • Donghwan Kim

    August 27th

    wow…. very wonderful Is that photograph fact?

  • Bill Jones

    August 27th

    All of these pictures are real. Its crazy how much danger someone will put themself in to get the shot. Check out the video of Jim Reed running up to the tornado. Crazy stuff.

  • Korea(Heo seok-hyun)

    August 27th

    Wow! This photo is very impressive! I live in South Korea has four seasons. South Korea looks so very beautiful. But this picture is seen as a kind of a disaster. I have not seen it once the weather is one of the ocean.

  • lee83ys

    August 28th

    Wow! Some of those cloud shots just look crazy.

  • Globalshots

    August 28th

    Realy love this set, thanks for sharring

  • yoxx

    August 28th

    awesome…

  • LIM

    August 28th

    wow.. like this weather never in korea

  • inho

    August 28th

    wow! 엄청나게 멋지네요..

    저런사진을 목숨걸고 찍으시는 분들도 대단하다는..

  • 조정환

    August 28th

    우와 해외 사이트네요…멋진사진 많이 보고 갑니다

  • delade

    August 28th

    Great post thanks for sharing. Congratulations to the photographers, for these great shots! Storm chasers, please be careful and mindful of the danger out there; we can live without the spectacular shots but, not without YOU. =)

  • Aninditha Arale

    August 28th

    Subhanallah..

  • 정성호

    August 29th

    우와…. 멋진데?

    Those photos are really amazing !

  • raftinginganges.com

    August 29th

    WoW!!

  • designiac

    August 29th

    WOW, I didn’t even know clouds like the “Mammatus clouds” in the photos from Jorn Olsen existed. Beautiful and strange.

  • Myles Steyn

    August 29th

    Just Amazing!

  • Donna

    August 30th

    Being from southern California I have NEVER seen anything like these photos in person. Totally awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing.

  • 3szt3r

    September 2nd

    Cumulonimbus Mamatus… – and I’m still in the process of picking up my jaw from the floor…
    Thanks a lot for this collection! and for the blog as well!

  • Lilian

    September 2nd

    just amazing…

    the second from the bottom with the ice storm looks like Geneva, can that be?

  • Brad

    September 4th

    Awesome photos! I’m glad I was nowhere near any of those storms.

  • Windy May

    September 22nd

    Some of those shots are absolutely amazing. Fantastic collection of mother nature’s wrath and glory.

  • 배정탁

    September 29th

    Those photos are really amazing !
    wow this is truth??
    신기하넴 ㅋ

  • Jan Middleton

    October 3rd

    Mother Nature in all her majesty always amazes me.

  • Bonita

    November 6th

    OMW!! those lightning images are absolutely stunning! Especially the blue & purple sky with the trucks, from “extreme instability” – that’s the most beautiful lightning shot I’ve ever seen!!

    I followed the link through to the site, but where can I find that exact image?

  • carolina

    November 27th

    wouuuuu impressive as our nature reacts … photographs are incredibly beautiful but also incredibly terrifying
    love from chile

  • JNB72

    November 28th

    I’m a newbie to photography and some of these have blown my mind. AWESOME, but I now realize I have a lot to learn.

  • Mila

    November 29th

    Only one word. Wow.

  • Kae

    February 6th

    love love the shots! amazingly beautiful!

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