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September 15 time lapse

This is a brief time lapse video that I put together using footage from September 15, 2011. September 15, 2011 Storm Time Lapse in New Mexico from Todd Shoemake on Vimeo. This was one of the last active days across central New Mexico during the monsoon season. Decent shear was present, and I chased a [...]

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devilish imagery…

I captured a few images on my brief trip to Phoenix/Tempe this week. I was there for the 6th Southwest Hydrometeorology Symposium held on the ASU campus, so some of these images were taken on campus. I tried a tilt sift technique in the image below.

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chasing rainbows…

While I have been exercising my camera some, I have not been regularly updating my new images up on the webpage. Hopefully I will catch up and make some updated posts over the next few weeks. To start, here are a few rainbow shots that I have recently captured while on brief chasing excursions nearby, [...]

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monsoon has arrived…

After being teased by only weak showers and thunderstorms thus far this season, I was finally treated to a nice lightning show tonight…and some actual rain! I didn’t even have to leave my property; I just set up the tripod in front of the garage and fired away to my northwest. Most of the strikes [...]

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anvil crawlers…

A little over a week ago I had an impromptu opportunity to take some lightning pictures while on a trip to east Texas. A slow-moving thunderstorm crept north of where we were staying (Pittsburg, TX), and produced a swath of heavy rain and alleged severe wind gusts. The bulk of the rain fell north of [...]

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