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Central Texas, during rare strong storms in November. I waited in position for this cell to graze me for quite some time, and it was worth the wait. It put on a great little lightning show.
That's Jupiter at upper left.
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The yellow area is a large backlit hail region. Overhead, the ragged ceiling is often referred to as The Whale's Mouth by storm chasers. This severe thunderstorm was a slow mover but I was lucky to have received only 1/2 inch hail for just a few minutes. My aspen tree leaves survived without much damage.
Video time lapse of this event can be viewed: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/51237618754/.
After the glorious rainbow (flic.kr/p/Zg1he1 / flic.kr/p/UjrS8A), the clouds from the dissipating thunderstorm reflected the last rays of the setting sund and made the sky explode with colors.
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Another shot from Caerphilly Castle on Saturday evening. After the sun went down I took a walk around the other side of the castle and behind me there was a massive bank of mean looking cloud given a pink hue from the setting sun. With thunderstorms hitting most of the south of England I was hoping this bank of cloud would put on a show, but Wales was spared from the storms and I didn't hear a hint of thunder.