MetaFilter posts tagged with weather and photography

Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd

swift — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:46:55 -0800

10 Rare Clouds. 20 Cool Clouds. NASA clouds. List of Cloud Types (wiki). previously

Seeing is believing

imposster — Thu, 11 May 2006 09:38:09 -0800

I didn't believe my eyes, but it turns out that it only takes some cold water and a thermal inversion to make a superior mirage (superior in both position and awesomeness). Pekka Parviainen has written about the phenomenon in Finland and has lots of photos to share. Still don't believe? Watch the videos: especially the one in which the mirage disappears before your very eyes! (.rm)

Exterior Decorator

hortense — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 23:25:14 -0800

Missouri Skies: The show me state .

Sprites (atmospheric) - new movie

hank — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:04:46 -0800

7000 frames per second Newscientist article, with links to the movies. "Atmospheric 'sprites' captured in explosive detail ... by researchers using an ultra-high-speed camera. "The best images yet of the flashes – which resemble a giant undulating jellyfish with its tentacles falling from a halo of light – have allowed the team to pick apart their structure and mechanics. "

Scariest Storm Photos

spock — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:17:18 -0800

Bored by the relative dearth of tornadoes this year the chasers over at the Stormtrack forums have started a (GREAT) diversionary thread asking for chaser's photos of "scariest storms". See the menacing crocodile, the human skull, and the twin twisters. Lots of old historical tornado photos here. AnyMeFites have any scary storm photos to share?

Clouds

peacay — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:08:51 -0800

"We pledge to fight ‘blue-sky thinking’ wheresoever we find it!"
Clouds can be strange looking, majestic, colourful, freaky, ominous or electric to name but a few.
Perhaps you’d like to go cloud ’surfing’ in a glider along a 600 mile cloud formation that appears in Queensland (film links/explanation) later in the year?
Or would you rather view your clouds from satellite?
You can otherwise study cloud formations at your leisure if you want.

There’s a million more sites around of course – first link via.

armchair excursion to the Alps

madamjujujive — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:54:06 -0800

I came upon an enchanting gallery of Lac Léman ice storm photos via presurfer today, which then led me to some rather beautiful scenes of the the Alps. There was also an amazing shot from space, and a link to another site where I followed hikers to les Massif de Bauges and le Massif de la Grande Chartreuse. OK, I didn't get my work done today, but I had a marvelous trip to the Alps.

Phuket tsunami photo gallery

zorro astor — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:14:14 -0800

Phuket tsunami photo gallery. Crazy stuff. And the aftermath.

Extreme Instability

madamjujujive — Sun, 08 Aug 2004 10:19:25 -0800

Extreme Instability is a site by Mike Hollingshead, a weather buff from Nebraska who likes chasing storms. On his good days, he gets some spectacular photos of tornados and supercells, but, heck, even his 'crap chasing' days aren't too bad. More of Mike's photos at photoSig.

Tornado pr0n

scarabic — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:39:04 -0800

Cool images of tornadoes and other freaky weather at the NOAA Photo Library.