Just Around The Corner, There's A Rainbow In The Sky

A massive rainbow, spanning much of the south, west and north skies is seen here in a panorama looking west along Progress Drive at Martha's Way in Hiawatha, Iowa on Thursday morning, June 30, 2016. Time was 6:14 am CDT. The towering rainbow persisted some 15 minutes or more and at times showed a double of itself. iPhone 6 Plus camera.

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Luminescent Layers

Illuminated by the setting sun, these stratocumulus undulatus formations graced the western sky on the evening of Wednesday, June 29, 2016 from Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The clouds appeared over the park just prior to an outdoor concert performance by the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, playing in the city for the 66th straight year. The images captured above spanned a time frame from 7:12-7:17 pm CDT. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

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Trackin' The Storm In 2009

Loaded railroad tracks and bridge provided the foreground element for this severe weather storm image at Coralville Lake in Johnson County, Iowa on Father's Day, June 21, 2009. Time was 8:05 pm CDT. Along for the "mini chase" from Cedar Rapids was son Ryan. The image looks west along Interstate 380 toward the tornado-warned storm cell which is located about 16 miles distant, just west of the Amanas. Kodak Z812 IS digital camera.

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Orange Field

This small-in-area but great-in-intensity orange-colored sunset is viewed from rural Shueyville, Iowa on Saturday evening, June 25, 2016. The camera looks out over a soybean field in both images above at 8:32 pm CDT. Actual sunset time was 8:46 pm. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

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Pond Reflections

A brilliant evening sky in rural Shueyville, Iowa reflected spectacularly on the surface of a local pond on Saturday, June 25, 2016. All images face west. Capture times for the three images were: top, 8:12 pm CDT; middle, 8:17 pm; bottom, 8:21 pm. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

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Beautiful Finish To Long Chase Day

A somewhat iffy start to the day for severe weather and tornado chasing potential finished spectacularly with this view of the HP supercell that had been chasing us all the way through the Texas panhandle on the evening of Monday, May 16, 2016. Camera position here was a safe distance of about 19 miles ESE of the most intense part of the storm, at a cell phone tower lot along US Highway 83 in Hemphill County, and about 11.5 miles northwest of the town of Canadian. Time for all three images posted today was 8:18 pm CDT. The supercell's shelf cloud can be seen low along the horizon in the distant background.

A vertical view of the scene. The setting sun created brilliant color and shade contrasts.

Panorama image. At right watching the scene is Alan Broerse of News 9 Oklahoma City outside his Storm Tracker 9 vehicle, and Ryan Alliss in the foreground. The storm's heavy rain finally caught up with us as we entered the town of Canadian and continued unabated all the way to our night lodging destination of Woodward, Oklahoma. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

Radar screen capture of the moment with our position indicated with a target icon. Total travel distance from Cedar Rapids and back for this chase was 1,935 miles.

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Mixing Oil And Water

A small Texas panhandle prairie oil station is about to be overrun by an approaching HP supercell in the image above. Image looks west at 7:47 pm CDT, Monday, May 16, 2016, from the bend of Highway 281, about 13 miles southeast of the town of Spearman.

This panorama image spans the west sky (left) to the north at the same location and time. Note the intense rain and hail core lurking behind the supercell shelf cloud. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.

A closely corresponding radar screen capture of the moment. The target icon shows our position in relation to the storm. The lavender color is the area of intense hail.

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