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In Focus: Lovely Sky Monsters

Award-winning photographer Camille Seaman, best known for her earlier work depicting massive polar icebergs, recently turned her lens on another incredible natural phenomenon - storm clouds above the American Midwest. She partnered with experienced storm chasers and began to stalk a particular type of storm cloud - the supercell. On June 22, 2012, in western Nebraska, she encountered an enormous supercell and captured its many faces.

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Nature is so terribly awesome.

Living in the Midwest as I do, I have seen a surprisingly large number of clouds like this. When the sky turns multiple colors in the clouds, let me tell you: you’re in trouble. It’s about to get nasty.

That first picture is absolutely amazing!

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