What a stunning capture and strong image this is. The power, structure and colours could not have been better. It was indeed as wild as it looked. It's not nice when you get caught inside of one these beasts. The ferocious winds and hail can tear a car (or house) to pieces.
The northern territories of Tornado Alley were busy in 2008. Iowa, in particular, had an active year. After spending much of the afternoon chasing a tornado and supercell storm this opportunity arose as we pulled over to take some photos. A fire truck pulled up and the crew engaged us in conversation. Not uncommon in Tornado Alley this time of year. Bonafide stormchasers are the equivalent of a fifth emergency service. I could not resist getting the fire truck in the frame, with supercell in the background. American truck and vehicles enjoy so much character
They don't stop harvesting for anything over here. Does the farmer know what is alongside him? Of course he does! The colour combination of the the combine and his field of crop was a bonus here. We had just driven a mammoth 9 hours, managed to find this storm and this was a our first sighting. Marvellous.
