Twisters On Mars

Dust devils occur on Earth as well as on Mars. They are spinning columns of air, made visible by the dust they pull off the ground. Unlike a tornado, a [...]

Ghost Lights from Earth Orbit

A “Ghost Light” is an unexplained luminescent phenomena. That’s how aliens might see Earth if they arrived with no awareness of its civilizations, atmosphere and climate, and magnetic field. Astronauts [...]

Hurricane Katrina at peak intensity: ultra hi-rez

Follow streamers of air into the eye of Katrina. Produced for our giant screen fulldome planetarium show, Dynamic Earth, for global release later in 2011. Sequence by the Advanced Visualization [...]

Tornado Destructive Beauty (in timelapse)

Tornadoes like this are what storm chasing is all about. From Roger Hill, http://www.stormchase.net.