Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers
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Product Description
From surreal skyscapes to wholesale destruction: the most dramatic scenes from the natural world.
The destructive power of nature has always been a source of fear and fascination, and never more so than now, when climate change and extreme weather conditions are constantly in the news. Across the central United States, the infamous storms of Tornado Alley are fueled by the collision of cold fronts from Canada and warm fronts from the Gulf of Mexico. People have been chasing these storms for decades in pursuit of thrilling experiences, but now a new generation of storm chasers is combining scientific knowledge with powerful images.
This book follows Mike Hollingshead and Eric Nguyen on seventeen chases through Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota, illustrating the unfolding events with sequential shots and a running commentary by the chasers themselves. These spectacular storm portfolios are expanded with special features on weather phenomena like hail and mammatus clouds plus insights into forecasting and research. 340 color illustrations.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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Photos are wonderful
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Being an amateur storm chaser, this book was an excellent depiction of what I want to see. With only a couple storms under my belt and some okay tornado/ mesocyclone pictures, this book let me see what years of storm chasing could bring.
I enjoyed the photos very much and some of the descriptions about the storms as well.
If you like energized storms, you may want to consider this book for your library.
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good book
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An easy to read book with several relatively short narratives on chasing storms and other events. Included were some great pictures while others were a little disappointing-strictly because of the nature of the book.
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Its about time
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Im so glad that Mike is finally getting the recognition he deserves. I started hanging out on his website when I was going to college at Dana in Blair several years ago, and you can see his photography and tracking skills grow over the years. The pics in this book + the commentary take what you have seen every summer and bring it down to you in a way that a straight science text can never do. Kudo's, Mike.
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Interesting Book
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Excellent photography, and interesting real life stories from people who chase mother nature at her worst, make this book a must have! From tornadoes to ice storms, this book covers ever mode of severe weather. A must have!
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Get caught up in the chase!
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If you have ever...
Watched 'Twister' a million times
Tuned into the weather channel just to see what's happening
Sat outside to watch a storm, when you know you shouldn't
Marveled at the awesome power of mother nature...
Then this book might be right up your 'alley'.
With all playfullness aside this book is a brilliant collection of naritives and photographic art. The purpose of the book was to chronical storm chases yet, with one masterful click of a camera, Mike Hollingshead, and Eric Nguyen have created so much more than that! One read of this book can make you feel like were there and will change your outlook on natures fury forever.
Stacy Cole,
Gilbert, AZ
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