Sebastian Hobbs
Darker than Oil
It was another day of thunderstorms in eastern Wyoming as I headed out from the Grass Creek area after chasing some awesome supercells the day prior. I ended up hanging out in Gillette, Wyoming for a while until storms began to fire up south of me. I headed straight down highway 59 as storms struggled to stay organized, losing hope as the cell I was aiming for ended up splitting. Luckily enough for me, the southern storm still had a bit of strength, and went supercellular for a good forty-five minutes to an hour, twisting and churning over the beautiful grasslands of eastern Wyoming. This is the death of that supercell, the skies turning a dark black with hints of blue due to the large hail this storm was producing. I ended up getting stuck in the hail storm about five minutes after this shot, half dollar sized hail and bigger pounding my car as I sat hoping none of my windows would crack. Thankfully none did and all my windows stayed intact. I labeled this one "Darker than Oil" due to how dark this storm was looking, and got a really interesting subject with these oil wells in the foreground. Definitely a great day of storms, and even ran into a few other chasers along the way, like Daniel Shaw for a brief moment and awkwardly said hello! Anyways, hope you enjoy!
Darker than Oil
It was another day of thunderstorms in eastern Wyoming as I headed out from the Grass Creek area after chasing some awesome supercells the day prior. I ended up hanging out in Gillette, Wyoming for a while until storms began to fire up south of me. I headed straight down highway 59 as storms struggled to stay organized, losing hope as the cell I was aiming for ended up splitting. Luckily enough for me, the southern storm still had a bit of strength, and went supercellular for a good forty-five minutes to an hour, twisting and churning over the beautiful grasslands of eastern Wyoming. This is the death of that supercell, the skies turning a dark black with hints of blue due to the large hail this storm was producing. I ended up getting stuck in the hail storm about five minutes after this shot, half dollar sized hail and bigger pounding my car as I sat hoping none of my windows would crack. Thankfully none did and all my windows stayed intact. I labeled this one "Darker than Oil" due to how dark this storm was looking, and got a really interesting subject with these oil wells in the foreground. Definitely a great day of storms, and even ran into a few other chasers along the way, like Daniel Shaw for a brief moment and awkwardly said hello! Anyways, hope you enjoy!