Roger Coulam, British Storm Chaser
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Photograph by CREDIT: Roger Coulam.
Hill City, Kan.
Roger Coulam, sometimes referred to as the U.K.'s best extreme weather photographer, was one of the first British storm chasers. Many of these pictures were made between 2000 and 2007 in "Tornado Alley," an area between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains attacked by tornadoes every spring. Until he retired a few years ago, he'd travel to the United States every year to find storms, lightning, and other powerful images in the sky.
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Photograph by CREDIT: Roger Coulam.
Tornado in Nebraska, May 2004
Coulam was nearly wiped out by the widest-ever tornado in history (two-and-a-half miles across) while photographing it in Hallam, Neb. in 2004.
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Photograph by CREDIT: Roger Coulam.
Twin Tornadoes, Nebraska
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Photograph by CREDIT: Roger Coulam.
Mammatus Clouds in Colorado, 2005
Coulam says he misses weather photography, but these days it requires too much work for too little pay.
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Photograph by CREDIT: Roger Coulam.
Gust from Texas
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Photograph by CREDIT: Roger Coulam.
Supercell in Arkansas
In order to finance his photography missions, Coulam would take tourists on storm tours during the day. While they slept at night, he'd go out to make pictures.
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Photograph by Roger Coulam.
Garden City, Kan., May 2007
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Photograph by CREDIT: Roger Coulam.
Nebraska Lightning
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Photograph by CREDIT: Roger Coulam.
Texas Sky
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Photograph by CREDIT: Roger Coulam.