Tucson XPAN Thunderstorm 2001 This 30 second time exposure shows a large thunderhead over down town Tucson. Shot from the University of Arizona looking toward A Mountain with a Hasselblad Xpan camera.

 

 

 



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Tucson XPAN Thunderstorm 2001© A. T. Willett
This 30 second time exposure shows lightning bolts coming from a large thunderhead over down town Tucson Arizona. Shot from the University of Arizona looking toward  "A" Mountain with a Hasselblad Xpan camera on Fuji Velvia Film.

Digitally re-mastered in 2007 from the original transparencie printed on the D'Vinci Roland Hi-Fi Jet Printer. Twelve individual archival inks printed on Arches Infinity paper. Prices begin at $800, signed by the artist  limited edition of 50 prints, 10 artists proofs. Prices increase as edition sells.

 
Road to Laverne Oklahoma 1991 Ominous Tornado producing Supercell thunderstorm looms over US Highway 270 looking east toward small town of Laverne Oklahoma, located in the Oklahoma Panhandle region. These are Cumulonimbus clouds and are associated with severe dangerous thunderstorms. A tornado of F3 capacity was produced by this storm a few minutes after this photograph was taken. Storm tops on this storm were around 60,000 feet high, edge of the stratosphere. The tornado grazed Lavern Oklahoma causing damage and a few serious injuries, May 15th. 1991 © A. T. Willett
Lightning at Dusk Windy Point 1983 Lightning bolts over the city of Tucson shot from the mountain lookout Windy Point in the Catalina Mountain Range. Two people standing on rocks in front of the photographer show up as silhouettes against the city lights. This storm shows the classic Anvil shape of an isolated thunderstorm cell at dusk. Was my very first impressive severe weather photograph ran on the front page of the Tucson Citizen Newspaper the Next day. September 4th 1983 © A. T. Willett
Gruver Texas Tornado 1995 Large White Tornado 15 miles NE of Gruver Texas over green wheat field shot from the window of a moving truck, windmill and farm house show scale of Tornado Rated F3 on the Fujita scale. This tornado destroyed a large farm in the Oklahoma Panhandle no deaths or serious injuries reported with this storm. May 5th. 1995 this tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes.
Lightning Pusch Ridge 1990 A severe thunderstorm over Pusch Ridge in the Santa Catalina Mountain range Tucson Arizona August 1990 © A. T. Willett
Madera Canyon Sizzler 1994 The road to Madera Canyon this very large and powerful bolt of lightning is striking the ground less than 2500 feet from the camera. Both bolts appear to be striking at the same distance but the one on the left looks like it is a lot more powerful © A. T. Willett
Oranging Sky Sells 1993 Lightning strikes ground 50 feet from camera (the bolt on the left) east of Sells, Arizona at  sunset looking west.  Microscopic  Dust particles from the Volcano Mt Pinatubo two years prior to this picture floating in  the upper atmosphere  makes this sunset and sky extremely orange and glowing. Shot on a Hasselblad Superwide Camera on Fuji Velvia Film. June 23rd. 1993
Daylighter Benson 1995 A rare lightning storm in February 1995 south of Benson Arizona. This very large lightning strike illuminates the ground like daylight, looks like it is striking a telephone pole. This storm headed north and we were caught in core of the storm, it dropped 2 inches of hail on interstate ten as we drove back to Tucson. © A. T. Willett
Tucson XPAN Thunderstorm 2001 This 30 second time exposure shows a large thunderhead over down town Tucson. Shot from the University of Arizona looking toward A Mountain with a Hasselblad Xpan camera © A. T. Willett
Black Saguaro Electric Sky 1988 Saguaro Cacti silhouetted by severe thunderstorm on the Northwest side of Tucson shot from near Silverbell road. This storm top is about 28,000 feet we watched the lightning blow about 8 transformers that night. The one big lightning bolt is estimated to be longer than 20,000 feet © A. T. Willett
Summer Storm Lower Manhattan 1990 Lightning striking the TV antenna of the North Tower of the World Trade Center WTC in summer thunderstorm, Manhattan, New York City New York. Photographed from the seventh floor of New York University’s Hayden dorm. Washington Square Park West and West 4th Avenue in West Greenwich Village. June 18th 1990 © A. T. Willett
Electric Monster 2000 Feet 1996 Very large lightning strikes at a distance of 2000 feet from camera notice the tower in the bottom of the picture it is over 75 feet tall, Highway 87 near Interstate 10 Arizona © A. T. Willett
Blizzard Dawn Seattle 1990 A rare blizzard blankets the City of Seattle in Snow with freighter ships in foreground on the Puget Sound, Washington. Shot from the flight deck of the USS Nimitz as it approaches its home base in Bremerton Washington, the flight deck of the ship was covered with 5 inches of snow. The black cloud is another section of the storm approaching the city at dawn, you can also see the glow of lights inside the working area of the Freighter Ship and the Space Needle.
Megacloud Kansas 1997 Rapidly growing Cumulonimbus clouds in a tornado producing Supercell Thunderstorm near Anthony Kansas. This is a tighter version of #14 and 15 minuets before the other image. Storm tops near 60,000 feet. This Supercell produced a F1 Tornado near Anthony Kansas May 27th 1997. We were about 20 miles west of Anthony and did not have time to catch up to the tornado as the sun had already set.
Tornadic Supercell Anthony Kansas 2001 Rapidly growing Cumulonimbus clouds in a tornado producing Supercell Thunderstorm near Anthony Kansas. Storm tops near 60,000 feet. This Supercell produced a F1 Tornado near Anthony Kansas May 27th 1997. © A. T. Willett
Lightning Titan Missile Silo 1994 Huge lightning bolt strikes within one half mile of camera East of Marana Arizona. Photographed at an abandoned Titan II Missile Silo on a Hasselblad camera this image was used by the Royal Mail Society (United Kingdoms postal service) as a Postage Stamp in 2000, it was part of the Millennium series called “Fire And Light”. © A. T. Willett

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©A.T. Willett 1983- 2008