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Published: 2011-06-29 14:43:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 7347; Favourites: 353; Downloads: 357
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Storm chasing on the eastern plains of Colorado is quite an adventure, and after doing it a few times I now understand why they say that it is the best place on earth to storm chase tornadoes. You can see forever it seems.Captured just south of the town of Otis, this storm had our attention, and this cloud specifically had mine. Quite the rainmaker and looking like something out of a Hollywood movie more than something you see in real life. Soon after this we would be in Otis and the tornado sirens started to go off. Talk about a feeling of being in the movie "Twister" in some little rural farm town when that happens, not to mention a complete adrenalin rush....
I hope you all enjoy it
John
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Minolta 18-200mm lens
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I want to slide down from the top of that cloud and screech to a comfy halt just before going over the edge
simply gorgeous
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Great photo, amazing colors.
Proves to me that you don't need expensive gear to take great pictures.
Thank you for sharing!
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heh depends what you consider expensive I guess lol
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Zeiss prime lens and Sony Alpha 900 
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Whoo, superb capture! clouds are weird and beautiful
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wow it looked like a giant black box...really scary looking cloud
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Wonderful capture John
Your landscapes are always good for a watch! The lightning, the whole mood - great!
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This one is great, can you make a widescreen wallpaper of it so i can set it as my desktop, i love such clouds
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Really great shot. I love the texture of this cloud. Even though it looks scary, it is enticing. 
Great work.
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That is a very interesting cloud, great capture
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I love the eastern plains of Colorado! I went to high school in Simla. That's about 120 miles south-west of Otis and is roughly a similar sized town. We used to sit on our front porch and watch thunderstorms just move across the plains. You're right, you can see forever. At night we could see the lightning from storms that were miles away (probably a good 60+) and never heard the thunder they produced. It was amazing!
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Yes, it does look a wee mite threatening...
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What a contrast that dark cloud lends to the shot!
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oh yes! that it what i love and what im waiting for 
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Amazing - the cloud looks so solid! Looks like some fossilized smoke rather than a storm cloud...
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I love it! I love bad wheather its beautiful lol
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