Eric Goncalves ©2016, All Rights Reserved

Great clouds filled the skies before the rains came.

Into this house we're born

Into this world we're thrown

Like a dog without a bone

An actor out alone

Riders on the storm

- The Doors

Toruń is one of most attractive and historic towns in Poland.

It is famous for being the birthplace ( in 1474 ) of the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus whose epochal book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium is universally regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy.

In 1997 the old medieval quarter of Toruń comprising the Old Town ( 1233 ), the New Town ( 1264 ) and the Teutonic Knights Castle ( mid 13th c. ) was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for having preserved almost intact its original medieval street layout. Toruń is full of Gothic monuments of architecture, all built of brick, such as the Town Hall, The Leaning Tower, numerous churches and many burgher houses around the central market square and the surrounding streets.

If you ever are in Gdańsk on the coast, I recommend driving down to Toruń - it's only 2hrs away on the motorway - the place has a great artistic atmosphere and a lively cafe scene.

This was one of the heaviest thunders what i have experienced.

WindandSea Beach, Ca.

" And it echoes when I breathe

Until all you see is my ghost

Empty vessel, crooked teeth

Wish you could see

And they call me under

And I'm shaking like a leaf

And they call me under

And I wither underneath

In this storm

I am a stranger

I am an alien

Inside a structure

Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone?

With all my thoughts

And all my

Faults

I feel it biting

I feel it break my skin

So uninviting

Are you really gonna need me when I'm gone?"

- OF MONSTERS AND MEN -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlCkafSYNJI

‘'AND THOSE WHO WERE SEEN DANCING WERE THOUGHT TO BE INSANE BY THOSE WHO COULD NOT HEAR THE MUSIC’‘

- FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE -

Heavy storm approaching me at Scunthorpe today, passed overhead with lightning, thunder, heavy rain and hail

city ​​of piriapolis

URUGUAY

Thanks to everyone who took time to view, comment or fave!!

youtu.be/IXOn_v8yRxM

Porthcawl Lighthouse.

A local (Swiss) view during a heavy rain storm

Just some clouds coming in taken from my balcony.

Porthcawl

Thanks for comments much appreciated.

Previous:

www.flickr.com/photos/124093236@N04/20255486612/in/datepo...

At sunrise

North Point Marina

Canon 5D MKII - Canon 24-105mm f/4L II.

30sec f/4 ISO100

ND2

The system went south of us while gracing us with this beautiful formation at sunset.

I was so hoping a T-storm would be materialized and maybe I'd be lucky enough to capture my very first lightning photo. Alas, it dissipated within ~20 minutes.

Hmmm, I probably can't label it "Storm Cloud" as no storm ever came out of it.

I wish you all a happy day!

If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm. - Frank Lane

Taken in Oklahoma a few weeks ago.

Taken at Route606 - Place no longer exists

Textures by www.flickr.com/photos/34053291@N05/

Severe Tropical Storm "Kammuri" was standing some 60 nautical miles south of Zhuhai. The strong ocean swell caused huge waves to crash against the seawall of the promenade on Lovers Avenue (情侣路).

What's usually a crowded place with couples strolling in the warm evening breeze was now nearly deserted. Just a few daring people were out and got wet.

And this is only a tropical storm - rest assured: when we had a genuine Typhoon it looked different and nobody would be here at all.

Another "reactivated" archive shot.

And no, the photo is not taken in Macau, though the buildings in the background are already in Macau.

© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.

Upcoming storm, Fogg Damm, Northern Territory, Australia.