Storm Chaser's Log: Weekend Warrior, 6-10-23

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The crepuscular rays that were produced by an interaction between the sunlight and the thunderstorms that occurred on Friday, June 9.

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The view looking west earlier in the day Friday, as storms began to build.

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A panoramic view of the crepuscular rays, I wanted to catch the rays coming from both the top and bottom of the clouds simultaneously.

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Crepuscular rays can produce some of the most vivid scenes when it comes to storm photography, even with weaker storms.

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My view looking northeast on Saturday, June 10. I knew I had to go further east to get better pictures of the approaching self-cloud.

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A panoramic view of where I stopped northwest of Kearney after I came over a hill into the valley.

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For a brief moment, I could see a portion of a double rainbow in the rain. A double rainbow occurs when the light being reflected through the first is strong enough to be detected.

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The view that literally made me say, “Whoa!” The gray downdraft stood in marked contrast to the dark storm clouds behind it.

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Under the “Whales Mouth” feature, looking south.

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As though a spotlight was illuminating a stage, one sliver of sunlight made a portion of a rainbow visible.

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A closer look at the partial rainbow hugging the horizon.

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One more portion of sunlight stole through the clouds and gave an approximation of where the full rainbow would be.

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The view that put me in the mind of the scene from the movie “Twister,” when Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt’s characters are approaching an ominous tornado.

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I moved further south to get better shots of the turbulence under the Whales Mouth, the mixture of deep blue and grey along with the cloud formation was stunning.