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Last Glimpse #19

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Beyond Sight - Storm Collection

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This exceptional photogenic supercell put on quite the show this day! What was one of the worst busts of the year turned into something so special with this long lived beautiful supercell, slowly moving over the plains of Kansas. Consistently morphing into unique pieces of art. There is a reason why there are multiple photos from this supercell in this collection! This one specifically was taken towards the end of my time with this storm. As it was slowly marching off into the open countryside. It was such an amazing environment to be in, all around lightning was strobing all around. The drive home was unreal. 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 - 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟔𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏: There are times in chasing that even though you missed the main show you still get treated with something special. May 26th of 2021 goes down as one of the biggest busts of 2021. We had a Moderate Risk for severe weather with a 15% hatched risk for tornadoes in western Kansas. The details of the setup showed a likely chance of large violent tornadoes occurring along the dryline with some secondary risk areas along the warm front in NE Colorado and SW Nebraska. Our target was Scott City, KS, and everyone and their moms (yes, some people were actually chasing with their moms haha), were there. Hundreds of chasers were out that afternoon. It was great catching up with other chaser friends as we all patiently waited for the first storms to go up. As we waited we noted some storms firing along the warm front to the north and immediately going tornado warned with reports of tornadoes coming out soon after. We knew storms would fire there first but we were in the better environment to the south and continued to wait for our turn. Then, boom. The first little blimp on radar went up near where we were and I blasted west. The towers were exploding upward and it was amazing to see things happening like this in real time. As I got to the storm I noted that it was struggling a bit to really establish itself. A lot of motion underneath but nothing tight and bases were pretty high. This became more apparent as time went on. The storms were being more hindered by the CAPE than we thought and just couldn’t do it. I kept seeing these high base funnels form and rotate for many minutes but they didn’t come anywhere near the ground. Many people's hopes including my own were being crushed and the few who were on those southern Nebraska storms were treated to some of the most photogenic and impressive tornadoes of the season. But I didn’t give up! I positioned myself in Colby, KS, and hoped for a storm to break through that CAPE. What I ended up getting was something kind of in between. As I sat there I saw a new storm go up to my west and headed north of town to check it out. As I watched, a little wall cloud began to form, and it began getting more organized. I started chasing it and soon it began transforming into a beautiful LP supercell. I knew tornadoes were most likely not going to happen, but seeing beautiful structure like this was a great consolation prize! And the fury of lightning in the late evening was unreal! Artist: Tanner Charles Schaaf Date Taken: May 26th, 2021 Location: Colby, Kansas - USA Time Traveled To Where Photo Was Taken (Only One Way): 6 hours and 15 minutes Camera Details: - Camera: Canon EOS r6 - Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III - 16mm, f/5, 1/640, ISO N/A