Epic Pictures of Extreme Weather Instability

We’ll start with a famous shot of a storm approaching over the sea. This is a tropical cyclone “Graham” forming over the Pacific Ocean (off the northwest coast of Australia) -

(image credit: Steve Todd)

Sandstorm in Iraq (apparently it’s quite a common occurrence; they also have storms like this in Arizona. They call them Haboob’s. Still an awesome sight.) More here

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The image below is from Arizona. The sandstorm blows over the mountain range. Enlarge the picture to see how small the mountains appear under that wave…

A lot more info about sand and dust storms and many mind-boggling pictures.

Morning fog in Dubai: (courtesy Harry Lambert):

(images credit: Harry Lambert)

The following is from the incredible site of North-American tornado-chasers Extreme Instabillity Check it out, they have a lot more images…