Random sightings on chase trips

[Dan Robinson]

Thought I'd start this thread for photos and miscellaneous items of interest that we run across during a chase expedition, or 'cats and dogs' as Gene Moore calls them. Here are a few of mine from the past few days:

- May 27: Very bright, long-lasting 'earthgrazer' meteor in the western Missouri sky sometime between 12AM and 1AM CDT. No photo, it happened too fast.

- May 27: Searchlight beams rotating in the sky in almost every town along I-44 in Missouri during the night, from St. Louis all the way to Joplin. What's the occasion?

May 30 - Fog on mountain near Des Moines, NM

May 30 - Snow on a tornado day! Rockies visible near Trinidad:

June 1 - Curling features on cumulus near Amarillo:

May 29 - Wind devices spin together

May 31 - Classic caprock sunset

June 1 - What chase trip would be complete without a stop here?

Encountered a black llama in the back of a pickup truck in Texas, now this in Kansas. Maybe Jared Hess got some ideas while chasing the Great Plains:

 

[Bill Hark]

A face only a mother could love. New Mexico.

He keeps watch over Interstate 25.

Alien in a tube. Roswell, New Mexico.

The road to the Chalk Pyramids in western Kansas. See Tim Vasquez's Storm Chaser Handbook.

Bill Hark
http://www.harkphoto.com

 

[Patrick Ware]

What kind of snake is that? Buehler, anyone anyone....

 

[Ryan McGinnis]

Okay, Bill's "Alien in a Tube" has officially upped the ante. Can anyone find anything weirder than that?

 

[Joe Nield]

I saw an Allsups for the first time when I was visiting my brother in ABQ at the end of April. It was great!

 

[Dave Lewison]

Anyone who hasn't yet seen my 2002-2003 highlights video yet might get a kick outta this one....Still one of my all-time favorite chase pics! :lol:
Taken in Seymour TX, May 29, 2002.

 

[Anthony Silver]

:lol: Definetly hilarious :lol:

 

[Chris Gullikson]

Originally posted by Patrick Ware
What kind of snake is that? Buehler, anyone anyone....

Common Bull snake. You can learn more about them here:
http://snrs.unl.edu/herpneb/snake/BullSnake.html

They act pretty aggressive initially then settle down quickly and become quite tame. I picked this guy up off the road a couple weeks ago in eastern CO.

 

[Tony Laubach]

A truck full of fire hydrants on I-70 on May 11, 2005... one of the oddities I actually have a picture of...

I wish I had a picture of what Jon and Eric were looking at in the picture above... I'm sure that was random...

 

[Joe Zemek]

Bill: beautiful shots, especially the snake! Very nice.

This is more related to the Funny Signs thread awhile back, but I feel obligated to report that the hilarious position of the sign proclaiming russell, KS, to be home of US Senators Bob Dole and Arlen Spector next to a sign for Lion's Den porn is no more.

The porn sign is still there; the sign proclaiming Russell as home of Dole and Spector is gone.

True power has revealed itself.

 

[Doug Raflik]

Originally posted by Dan Robinson


- May 27: Searchlight beams rotating in the sky in almost every town along I-44 in Missouri during the night, from St. Louis all the way to Joplin. What's the occasion?

Saw that also. They were all in Mc Donalds parking lots. Dont know what the deal was though.

Doug Raflik
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http://www.wxnut.net

 

[David Schuttler]

Lightning bugs splattering on the windshield and the different glowing patterns .