Beauty and Fury: Breathtaking Photos of Nature’s Most Terrifying Storms

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Photographer, storm chaser and TED fellow Camille Seaman has spent five years capturing incredible images of some of the most dramatic weather patterns in the United States.

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For her “Big Cloud” project, Seaman travels twice a year to the Great Plains states to photograph supercells, a type of rotating thunderstorm.

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To learn more about Seaman and her work, visit her website. You can also learn more about the “Big Cloud” project on Kickstarter.

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Rain over Fields of Gold, Kansas, May 2008

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On the Run, Nebraska, 2008

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The Collapse III, South Dakota, 2008

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Looking for Rotation, Kansas, May 2008

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Mammatus Clouds IV, Nebraska, June 2008

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The Collapse II, South Dakota, June 2008

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The Dark Spiral, South Dakota, 2008

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