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Landscape, Wildlife, and Timelapse Photographer ■ Storm Chaser

St Louis, MO
Joined December 2013
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This is how i will be posting all of my storm chasing photos on here in the future.
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Whoever did this, you're amazing. #twistex
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SIR, THERES BEEN A SECOND G5
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Last night, I got the lightning shots I have always dreamed of. Im beginning to really like chasing in New Mexico. #NewMexico #nmwx #Lightning #nikonphotography #Nikon #StormHour
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Rainbow aurora behind an old church in South Dakota. #AuroraBorealis
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2 years
Video of the Rolling Fork/Silver City tornado passing just north of Midnight, MS. The tornado was approximately 1/3 mile or less in front of me. You can see the lights from a house in the distance get swallowed up. #mswx #Tornado #RollingFork #Silvercity
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2 years
I'm not mad at him. Accidents happen. Driving is the most dangerous part of chasing. I'm just glad we are both ok.
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Ryan Scholl
2 years
I fucked up today guys, sorry for being so fucking stupid today. Just glad everyone is ok
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Timelapse of the Auroras from earlier this morning near Gilman, WI. Shot between 5:50am-7:25am CST. 4K version over on Youtube, link below! #northernlights #aurora #Auroraborealis
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4 months
What an absolute legend, godspeed sir. @bclemms
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9 months
New tornado, nice rope! #txwx
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2 years
Silver City, MS hit extremely hard by strong tornado. Assisted with SAR minutes after tornado hit, multiple injuries. #mswx #Tornado @SevereStudios
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2 years
Easily the 2 most eerie screengrabs from last nights horrific tornado in western Mississippi. The first one (excuse the poorly placed tree) is of the tornado as it is in the middle of Rolling Fork causing at least preliminary EF4 damage. The second is of a powerflash occurring
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After the tornadoes, the Hamlin/Haskell supercell went insane with constant lightning and incredible structure! #txwx
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6 months
The Minden, IA #Tornado as it was crossing I-80.
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9 months
TORNADO NOW
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2 years
The tornado from earlier NE of Williamsburg IA crossing the road less than 200 yards infront of me. #iawx
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4 months
A tiny bolt of lightning sneaks out of the massive mothership supercell south of Osage City, KS yesterday evening. #kswx
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2 years
Everyone, I am OK. Got rear-ended.
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The best timelapse I have ever shot. 1258 frames over a period of about 45 minutes early on Saturday morning as a big substorm occurred. #aurora
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2 years
Funnel from the storm near Elliot, IA minutes ago. #iawx
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1 year
Road and field flooding north of Clovis, NM. #nmwx @SevereStudios
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7 months
In position just east of Owenton, KY, awaiting tornado warned supercell. @ryanhallyall @SevereStudios #kywx
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9 months
Funnel cloud now
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1 year
Four separate timelapses. One epic storm. Yesterday vastly exceeded my expectations and presented what I can only describe as the storm of a lifetime. Enjoy this 27 second compilation of this supercell from near Tucumcari, San Jon, and Grady, NM last night. #nmwx #NewMexico
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1 year
The clown is here 🤡🤡🤡
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1 year
Flooding with mass amounts of hail being carried away near Clovis, NM! #nmwx @ReedTimmerAccu
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2 years
Found this waterfall while driving around some mountain roads last night and decided to utilize the available moonlight for a long exposure. #waterfall #waterfallphotography #NorthCarolina #appalachians #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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1 year
Full life cycle of the Stradford, TX #tornado ! #txwx @SevereStudios
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1 year
"Why do you chase storms?" Me:
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25 days
Welcome back May 10th, 2010!
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9 months
First edited photo of the Hamlin Tornado! What. A. Chase. #txwx #tornado #wxtwitter #wxX
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Another shot of the Hamlin, TX tornado. Check out that occlusion! #txwx #Tornado #wxtwitter
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Finally edited this photo of the incredible occlusion that preceded the main Sagerton, TX tornado. The turquoise color that appeared in the clear slot and wrapped into the tornado cyclone was quite vibrant! At this time there was a brief, weak tornado ongoing, only evident by a
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6 months
Shot. Of. My. Life.
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1 year
Literally the same tornado 😂
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10 months
Be careful when ordering Mcnuggets, I found 2 tornadic supercells in my 10 piece. I'm probably gonna go with tail end Charlie, it's got clean inflow. #wxtwitter
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2 years
This is unbelievable! Near Syracuse, NE. #newx
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6 months
First edited photo from Friday's tornado outbreak across Nebraska and Iowa. This is of the Bennington, NE wedge just before it crossed Hwy 133.
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Tight shot on the second tornado from Friday. You can faintly see the helix structure near the bottom! #txwx #tornado #wxtwitter
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6 months
Final image from the May 10th/11th G5/KP9 geomagnetic storm. Aurora above an old schoolhouse in South Dakota.
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1 year
@patriotofga3 This is AI generated and it doesn't even come close to the real thing. Not. Even. Close.
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5 months
Now taking recommendations for hobbies that aren't nearly as frustrating or expensive as storm chasing.
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11 months
One of the hundreds of photos I took from this mornings aurora show near Gilman, WI, it was definitely worth the wait and lack of sleep! I also have a 4k timelapse that I will be processing and posting once I get home later today, so keep an eye out for that. #aurora
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I failed to adjust my settings after removing my solar filter during totality resulting in the prominences being severely blown out but that allowed me to capture higher levels of detail within the corona. Check out the coronal loops!
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Three photo panorama of the SAR arc, Milky Way, and the auroras near peak brightness in southeastern South Dakota last night! #aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #sdwx
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For $25 at Lowes, I couldn't pass this up.
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Stupid fucking deer
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2 years
Check out this insane SLC! Photo taken at 6:15pm near Belgreen, AL by my good friend @OnestyWX . He confirmed that it was not rotating.
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2 years
Insane #aurora timelapse from near Clarksville, MO tonight! @SevereStudios #AuroraBorealis
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9 months
The structure today was pretty epic also!
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1 year
LP mothership near Tucumcari, NM!
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8 months
Going to a town that was devastated by a violent tornado a year later is fine. Making peace with whatever horrible memories and experiences you aquired that night by revisting where it happened is fine. By all means, you have the right to, but if you're going to do so, be humble
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Congratulations CJ, you just showed everyone exactly what NOT to do immediately following a damaging tornado. You had to slam on your brakes to avoid hitting a tree because you were driving WAAAAY too fast for the conditions (something that is fairly common for you). You then get
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After hours of editing, my May 2023 timelapse film is complete! Twitter is going to nuke the quality so the 4k version is over on YouTube! #timelapse #wxtwitter
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1 year
Lmao who is this 😂
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6 months
Looking straight up into the corona was something I have always wanted to experience. Last night, it happened. #aurora
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4 months
That was fun
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7 months
Well, that was... stunning! See you all in Iceland in 2026!
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2 years
I forgot I had these! On 5/17, I managed to get upward lightning coming off of the same radio tower just west of Wichita, KS three different times. All 3 images were taken in under 5 minutes just before 4 A.M. #kswx #Lightning #StormHour #wxtwitter
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2 years
Proposition for both @RadarScope and @RadarOmega . Adding a map layer that outlines CWAs to make reporting to the correct NWS office via social media quicker and easier. Thoughts? #wxtwitter
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6 months
Sprites from the storm complex that was near OKC this morning around 2:30am, shot from near Hays, KS.
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A lot of people seem to be REALLY misinformed about copyright law. When someone signs with SevereStudios, LSM, or another media broker, all of our content is available for LICENSING, including livestreams, even if they are also being shown on Youtube. Posting lengthly, unaltered
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6 months
Stop me if you've heard this before. A supercell headed up I-44 toward OKC
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9 months
This can not be someone's daily driver 💀
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Incredible supercell near Tyro, KS @SevereStudios @NWSWichita @NWStulsa #kswx
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8 months
Logging back in briefly to say WHAT A CHASE! Ended up south of the tor due to a flat tire that I patched on stream. Being south, I was able to view the whole evolution from wall cloud to cone to wedge. Not too bad for my first KS tornado!
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Steven Walchli
2 years
Thanks for the comments guys, all I care about is that myself and the other driver are ok. Car is drivable.
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Beautiful red pillars now in Clarksville, MO! #aurora @Vincent_Ledvina @AuroraNotify @TamithaSkov
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9 months
No way, a @marcusreynold19 reference in the #Twisters trailer?!?!
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9 months
My heart, my soul. Not the 4Runner. #twisters #4Runner
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@NWSSPC
NWS Storm Prediction Center
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7:01am CST #SPC Day1 Outlook Slight Risk: across central/southern Texas
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2 years
@zsturgeon1985 Get close to a violent tornado, please. I was in the inflow, which was easily 60+mph sustained while also getting pelted by gravel. GTFO.
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6 months
Me waking up for work only to see we had a wedge with the second highest VROT ever recorded.
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Milton's central pressure be like.
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Near Clarksville, MO now WOOOOOOW. #aurora #mowx
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2 years
Tried my hand at giving this shot some moody vibes. How'd I do?
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Might be the best looking supercell I've ever seen near STL. Beautiful striations. Photos from earlier, not current. @NWSStLouis #mowx #stlwx
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2 years
Continuing to look at all of my video from 1-16 and found this epic view looking almost directly up at the clear slot and mesocyclone. Based on storm position and NWS damage survey, this was taken just as the tornado is occluding and lifting. #iawx #Tornado @ReedTimmerAccu
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2 years
Subtract the accident and I still had an AMAZING chase today. The storm had a gnarly looking wall cloud and almost produced a beautiful tornado near Hamilton, TX before transitioning into an HP beast. #txwx
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2 years
My favorite shot from yesterdays chase in W IL. #ilwx
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1 year
Yet again, this man is showing his absolute hatred for windshields 😂
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9 months
WOOOOOW #txwx
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1 year
Hello there @BrandonCopicWx
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Floor vs. ceiling tomorrow in SD.
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3 years
Large, rotating wall cloud with rising scud just north of Quitman, MS #mswx @ReedTimmerAccu @ryanhallyall
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It's time for that 2 week Minecraft addiction and... I've added auroras.
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