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  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser3.jpg
  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser1.jpg
  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser7.jpg
  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser9.jpg
  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser5.jpg
  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser10.jpg
  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser2.jpg
  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser8.jpg
  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser6.jpg
  • The Storm Chaser<br />
<br />
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. we spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Was storm photography how you started getting into photography?<br />
I’ve always been a weather nut, and I would always write on Facebook that I should be a meteorologist, and why didn’t I go to school for that, and all that kind of stuff. So I always liked that, and I just started looking at photography, and started following some guys who were doing lightning photography, and thought, "that looks like so much fun." So I took this little camera out, and would just hold the shutter down, and it would just go click, click, click, and I would try to take pictures of lightning, and I got a few that were ok, and then one night I got an amazing one, and I couldn’t believe it. Then I got on the local news, and I was hooked from there. I told my wife, “I’ve got to get a camera that can do long exposures,” so we sold all of our DVDs on eBay for almost $500, and I bought a Canon Rebel and just started from there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you remember the first storm photo that you sold?<br />
Once I started getting into time lapses, that was when everything really took off for me, because selling prints is really hard, unless you’re a name, and getting yourself a name takes time. People started licensing footage for stuff, and that’s when I started making money. The latest big thing for me was this supercell I shot last June, in Texas, and it was just kind of rotating dust, and lots of colors, and that went viral. I didn’t think that would happen to me again after my dust storm video in 2011, which went viral; that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But this was even bigger, and was actually the #1 time-lapse video on Vimeo last year. And the biggest thing
    Exclusivepix_The_Storm_Chaser4.jpg
  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
<br />
Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: A beautiful, isolated thunderstorm at sunset wes
    ExPix_Amazing_photos_awesome_power_a...jpg
  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
<br />
Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: A single lightning bolt slams into the heart of
    ExPix_Amazing_photos_awesome_power_a...jpg
  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
<br />
Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: A lightning bolt pierces the sky as a strong dow
    ExPix_Amazing_photos_awesome_power_a...jpg
  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
<br />
Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: A single lightning bolt slams into the heart of
    ExPix_Amazing_photos_awesome_power_a...jpg
  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
<br />
Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
<br />
Photo shows: A brief moment after a storm<br />
©Mike Olbinski/Exc
    ExPix_Amazing_photos_awesome_power_a...jpg
  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
<br />
Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
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Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
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"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
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Photo shows: A tornado just east of Trinidad, Colorado, drops
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  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
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Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
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Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
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"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
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Photo shows: A strong EF4 tornado spins across the fields nea
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  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
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Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
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"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
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Photo shows:A gorgeous, dying supercell moves towards the tow
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  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
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Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
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Photo shows: A sheet of rain falls from a fast moving storm s
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  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
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Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
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Photo shows: A creep, electrical hand seems to rise out of th
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  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
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Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
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Photo shows: A beautiful shelf cloud forms west of Turkey, Te
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  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
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Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
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Photo shows: A bolt of lightning strikes along wide plateau j
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  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
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Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
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Photo shows:A monster shelf cloud moves towards the small com
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  • Storm Chaser: Amazing photos that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature<br />
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Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.<br />
<br />
Photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms throughout his native Arizona and further afield, capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature. A new book, Storm Chaser, gathers 100 of his most breathtaking images. He says he had always been interested in storms and would travel thousands of miles every year, chasing the big supercells and tornadoes that appear on the central plains of the United States each spring. "But in 2011 my life changed," he says, "On 5 July I received a text with a photo of a dust storm rolling into the Phoenix area from the southeast. The day before I had just started practising time lapse photography and when I heard about a dust storm heading my way, I grabbed my gear and headed to a parking garage down the street. I thought that a time-lapse of a dust storm over the city would really give people an idea of how large these things can be.<br />
<br />
"As I pulled up to the top of the parking garage, my jaw dropped. The sky before me was unlike anything I'd ever seen. A massive wall of dust was headed my way. Not the normal dust storms you tend to see out here. No, this was like the end of the world. The wall was dense, thick and as tall as the clouds. It looked like a scene from the movie Independence Day. The National Weather Service would later say it was over 100 miles wide and a mile high."  The most amazing moment though for me was the day when I received a phone call from Al Gore's office, asking if they could use the footage in their climate change presentations. I was absolutely blown away.<br />
mikes book is out now "Storm Chaser by Mike Olbinksi", published by Pen & Sword Books.<br />
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Photo shows: An early morning lightning strike east of Saguar
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