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Landscape photographer, storm chaser, 5th grade teacher

Duluth, MN
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3 years
Tornado and mothership structure outside of Alexander, ND. This was the best structure I’ve ever seen, complete with a tornado. Life is good! #ndwx
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This morning in Northern MN 🍁
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Aurora last night over Split Rock Lighthouse. What a night!
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Unbelievable aurora from Tettegouche State Park
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2 years
A year ago some magic happened in North Dakota
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Waves crashing against the 50 ft Lake Superior cliffs during the recent winter storm.
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Fall colors at sunrise in Lutsen, MN
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A better crop and edit of the Brainard, NE tornado. One of the most photogenic landscapes I've ever captured a tornado over.
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Early fall colors in Northern Minnesota
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1 year
I finally got around to editing some shots of that amazing LP near Dalhart Texas the other night. What a beautiful storm.
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A vertical panorama of the Flint Hill monster from a few days ago. What a fun chase.
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A ghostly white tornado from Tuesday in Manitoba. I took a last minute gamble to head up to Canada to chase and it paid off with this beautiful scene
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2 years
Two years ago today I saw the Ashby tornado and it just so happened to be my first. What an unforgettable day!
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Mothership supercell over Rugby, ND on 7/14/24. 👌🏻 North Dakota sure was good to me last week!
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I apologize in advance, but I will probably never stop sharing photos of the Ashby, MN EF4. Somehow this was my first tor and it made me instantly fall in love with storm chasing. #StormHour #wxtwitter
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An incredible scene near Barney, ND a couple of days ago. 🌈🌪️
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Lake Superior is alive today! Waves should build to around 18 ft by the end of the day.
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Vibrant red Aurora over Lake Superior last night from Two Harbors, MN
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Last night’s aurora in Duluth, Minnesota
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Yesterday’s large wedge tornado near Spalding, Nebraska 🌪️ What a day!
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2 years
A thunderstorm rolling into Lake Superior this evening
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Quick rough edit of incredible rope tornado in North Dakota today.
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1 year
Yesterday was fun 🌪️
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2 years
Finally getting around to editing some photos from Thursday’s amazing chase in Kansas. Here’s one of my favorite shots of a funnel underneath the mothership. Great chase!
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UNREAL
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Wow.
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An absolute monster of a storm yesterday near Phillip, South Dakota
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A supercell last week near Tecumsah, Nebraska.🛸 Good roads and slow storm speeds made this one hell of a show.
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Drillbit tornado near Malta, Illinois on Monday. Easily my top chase of 2021 with multiple photogenic tornadoes. What a day! #ilwx #StormHour
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Really itching to get out and chase so here's a iPhone shot of the ridiculous Ashby rope out that I don't think I've shared on here.
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Incredible supercell and lightning from a couple of days ago in Kansas 👌🏻
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1 year
One more shot of the Spalding, NE wedge because why not
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3 years
I was told there should be no unposted photos of Ashby....so here’s one more. What an incredible and unique tornado this was. If you look closely you can see the tube extend all the way up. #mnwx #StormHour
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A year ago today I had a front row seat to this beautiful tornado in Malta, IL
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3 years
Leaf peeping season in Northern Minnesota 🍁
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3 years
Horrible tornado damage south of Winterset, IA
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Lake Superior gales at Tettegouche State Park a few days ago 🌊
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1 year
Two years ago today I captured a dream photo near Creston, Illinois. One of my favorite chases ever.
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Peak fall colors on the North Shore of Lake Superior
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Last night’s Mammatus filled sunset in Illinois was absolutely incredible
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Tornado crossing the road in Barney, ND. 👌🏻 Hopefully there's a couple more days like this before the summer is over.
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The rope out of the Scottsbluff, NE tornado sure was beautiful!
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One year ago today I witnessed the Ashby EF4. This was my third storm chase and first tornado, and it ignited an absolute obsession with storm chasing in me. It’s still surreal to me looking back at the pics from this day! #mnwx #StormHour
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A pretty supercell from a marginal risk in Minnesota last year
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Monster supercell and tornado outside of Industry, Illinois yesterday. About 20 seconds after taking this photo, our view filled in with rain and my car was attacked by massive hail.
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2 years
Snowmelt has caused some insane river conditions in the Duluth area.
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3 years
An incredible display of mammatus clouds last night in Northern Minnesota. #stormhour #mnwx
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Frozen plants along the shorelines of Lake Superior. 👌🏻 Ready for frigid temps and more views like this!
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A pretty supercell near Inwood Iowa from Saturday night #iawx #StormHour
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A beautiful white cone tornado from close range in Chugwater, WY. What an amazing chase this was!
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Kansas mothership from earlier this month 🛸
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3 years
Patiently awaiting winter on Lake Superior. This is one of my favorites from last winter of the sunrise shining through the inside of an ice cave. I’m thankful for thick wetsuits and underwater camera housings to make these shots possible. ❄️
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Finally got around to my photos from Tuesday’s epic storm near York, Nebraska. What a beautiful storm! #NEwx #StormHour #wxtwitter
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What a morning in Duluth
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Cone tornado from yesterday near St. James, MN. Felt good to finally catch another tornado in my home state of Minnesota.
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Lightning in the Terry Badlands last night. 👌🏻
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3 years
An unshared photo of the 2020 Ashby tornado #stormhour
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1 year
An electric storm rolling through Badlands NP a couple of nights ago. It’s always a blast when I can blend my love of storms with landscape photography.
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A beautiful supercell over the Badlands last night. It was a blast to chase a supercell over such an amazing landscape!
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Saturday’s supercell in Northern Missouri. What a fun chase!
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Beautiful supercell from a couple weeks ago in Missouri
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One of the most interesting stages of the Ashby tornado as the vortex danced. It was pretty nerve wracking to watch this tornado slowly move towards this farm and just narrowly miss it. What a sight!
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Jumping on the #WorldPhotographyDay bandwagon and sharing four of my favorite images from my first two seasons of storm chasing! What a ride it’s been already. #StormHour
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Waves and fall colors at Split Rock Lighthouse 🌊
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Sunrise through Hollow Rock. Lake Superior magic at its finest.
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Back of camera of beautiful rope tornado about 30 minutes ago!
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3 years
Another shot from last week’s regional tornado outbreak in Illinois. I still can’t stop thinking about this chase. What a day and unexpected surprise for August. #ilwx #stormhour
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One of my favorite storms from this summer in the Flint Hills of Kansas
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Everyone’s probably sick of Aurora shots but oh well, what a night!
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Tornado
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Tornado
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The aurora marching across Palisade Head on the North Shore of MN
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Back of camera from last night’s unbelievable Aurora display north of Fairbanks
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Some Nebraska beauty from earlier this month.
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Lake Superior put on a show yesterday during the winter storm that hit northern MN. This cliff is about 30 ft tall to give some perspective.
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One final shot I’ll share from the Spalding, NE tornado. This still hardly feels real. Moments like this are why we chase!
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Ice sheets stacking on the shore of Lake Superior
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The Chugwater special from earlier this week.
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Yesterday’s tornado near Waverly, Iowa #iawx
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A horse grazing underneath a Badlands supercell on 7/3/23
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A multi-vortex tornado yesterday in NW Iowa
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Ashby, MN
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Quote with your first tornado! This is actually my third tornado, but the first I recorded on the ground. Mainly uncondensed, thankfully leaving no real discernible damage outside of crops. EFU, June 5th, 2024 in Boonsboro MD.
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Inside of a Lake Superior ice cave at sunrise 👌🏻
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Yesterday’s big dusty tornado near Gilmore City, Iowa. 🌪
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Incredible tornado in ND this evening. I got some amazing photos that I'm excited to share tomorrow!
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A beefy supercell ruining a beautiful sunset in Kansas earlier this year.
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The York, Nebraska supercell from June 22nd. Favorite supercell of the year! #newx #StormHour
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Fall colors overlooking the Boundary Waters in Northern MN
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Aurora last night in Mcgregor, Mn. What a show!
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@ReedTimmerAccu North shore of MN is highly underrated, come to Duluth late September/early October next year and I’d be happy to show you around
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A fairly close range shot of the Creston, IL tornado from a couple weeks ago. 🌪 I think I see @nilwxreports ‘s truck in the bottom left corner? #ilwx #StormHour
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Incredible frozen trees along the North Shore of Lake Superior. This ice is caused by the spray from waves.
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A photo I never shared from the Creston Illinois tornado on 08/09/21 #StormHour
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Yesterday’s big dusty tube in Kimball, NE shot at 16mm
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Tornado shot that I never shared from last Friday near Dougherty, IA. I can’t believe how great this August was for chasing in the Midwest. #iawx #StormHour
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Some beautiful structure last night in South Dakota. #SDwx #StormHour
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Looking SOUTH from Tettegouche State Park 🤯
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Brief tornado yesterday in Bruce, SD. Fun little chase yesterday which will likely be my last of the year.
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Absolutely epic storm chase today! Can’t wait to get some photos edited
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Here are four of my favorite shots from 2023. It's been a remarkable year with storm chasing and North Shore photography.
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