Shot of a Lifetime


  • Photographer
    Francis Lavigne-Theriault
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Near Zero Probability Chasers
  • University/School
    York University
  • Date of Photograph
    June 4th 2015
  • Technical Info
    Canon Rebel

Storm chasers were offered a show in the high plains of Colorado on June 4th 2015. The Colorado Rockies offered a perfect lifting mechanism to initiate supercell thunderstorms like this one. In this shot you can see two (2) tornadoes on the ground with the one on the left being anticyclonic (rotating in a clockwise motion against the counter-clockwise motion of the mesocylcone), which is extremely rare. You can also see a large mesocyclone almost extending to the ground and damage left by the tornadoes.

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