Storm chaser Jim ReedThe extreme weather photographer and storm chaser Jim Reed has spent the past 20 years as close as possible – perhaps closer than is advisable – to the most extreme meteorological events. Covering disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Ike, Reed's book, Storm Chaser: A Photographer's Journey, documents his time in the field.
1 / 17 Professional storm chasers monitor an approaching tornado in western Kansas on 8 May 2008 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
2 / 17 A lone lightning bolt strikes the ground beneath an isolated supercell at sunset near Medicine Lodge, Kansas Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
3 / 17 A wall cloud forms beneath a tornadic thunderstorm in Wilson County, Kansas on 1 May 2008 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
4 / 17 A supercell thunderstorm erupts over west-central Kansas on 8 May 2008 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
5 / 17 A tornado beneath a low topped supercell creates a large debris cloud in western Kansas on 8 May 2008 Photograph: Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media
6 / 17 A supercell thunderstorm explodes with tornadic power near WaKeenney, Kansas, on 23 May 2008 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
7 / 17 An electrical storm fires over Gillette, Wyoming, on 15 June 2003 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
8 / 17 A supercell thunderstorm spins over western Oklahoma during twilight on 30 March 2008 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
9 / 17 A lone lightning bolt strikes the ground beneath an isolated supercell at sunset in Kansas Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
10 / 17 A tornado, filled with swirling dirt, grinds across a farm road in western Kansas on 8 May 2008 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
11 / 17 A severe thunderstorm with striated shelf cloud strikes Butler County, Kansas, at sunset on 25 July 1995 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
12 / 17 A spectacular sunset occurs during a severe thunderstorm in north central Oklahoma on 8 May 2002 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
13 / 17 A tornado with large Liberty Bell-shaped debris cloud swirls across a dirt road less than 500 feet in front of an unmarked Kansas State Trooper patrol car Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
14 / 17 Hurricane Gustav approaches New Orleans, Louisiana, on 31 August 2008. The eye of the category three hurricane made landfall a few hours later just west of the city Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
15 / 17 The extreme weather photographer Mike Theiss clutches a road sign during Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Mississippi on 29 August 2005 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
16 / 17 Waves explode over a seawall and into Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Ike approaches on 12 September 2008. Less than twelve hours after this photo was taken, Hurricane Ike's verocious storm surge destroyed many homes and businesses along the south-east Texas coastline Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
17 / 17 All that remains of the downtown Greensburg, Kansas United States Post Office is a pile of rubble and an American flag. Much of Greensburg was obliterated by winds in excess of 200 miles per hour as a 1.75 mile wide twister struck the small farming community on 4 May 2007 Photograph: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media 組圖:追風者鏡頭中的“完美風暴”二十年來,極端天氣攝影師、風暴追逐者吉姆·瑞德(Jim Reed)都在盡可能接近——也許近得已經(jīng)不理智了——最極端的氣象事件。瑞德在《風暴追逐者:攝影師之旅》的書中報道了諸如“卡特里娜”颶風和“艾克”颶風,這本書還記錄了他在野外度過的時光。在美國經(jīng)歷了十七次颶風直接沖擊后,2010年將是瑞德連續(xù)第十九個極端天氣攝影年。瑞德目前在華盛頓科科倫美術(shù)館(Corcoran Gallery of Art)展出其攝影作品。
1 / 17 2008年5月8日,專業(yè)風暴追逐者在堪薩斯州南部監(jiān)視逼近的龍卷風。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
2 / 17 日落時分,堪薩斯州梅迪辛洛奇附近,一道孤立的閃電在分離的“超級風胞”(supercell)下?lián)糁械孛妗?/p> 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
3 / 17 2008年5月1日,堪薩斯州威爾遜縣,龍卷雷暴下面形成一堵云墻。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
4 / 17 2008年5月8日,堪薩斯州中西部上空爆發(fā)超級風胞雷暴雨。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
5 / 17 2008年5月8日,堪薩斯州西部,低旋超級風胞下的龍卷風營造出大片碎片云。 圖片來源: Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media
6 / 17 2008年5月23日,堪薩斯州WaKeenney附近,在龍卷風的強勢影響下,突然爆發(fā)超級風胞雷暴雨。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
7 / 17 2003年6月15日,懷俄明州吉列的雷電暴風雨燃亮天空。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
8 / 17 2008年3月30日,黃昏期間,超級風胞雷暴在俄克拉荷馬州西部上空盤旋。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
9 / 17 日落時分,堪薩斯州,一道孤立的閃電擊中分離的超級風胞下的地面。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
10 / 17 2008年5月8日,龍卷風裹滿旋轉(zhuǎn)的塵土,碾過堪薩斯州西部的田間道路。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
11 / 17 1995年7月25日,日落時分,狂烈的雷暴和有層次的灘云襲擊了堪薩斯州巴特勒縣。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
12 / 17 2002年5月8日,俄克拉荷馬州中北部,狂烈的雷暴期間,出現(xiàn)了壯觀的夕陽。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
13 / 17 在一輛沒有標記的堪薩斯州警察巡邏車前不到五百英尺的地方,龍卷風和自由鐘形狀的碎片云盤旋著掠過一條土路。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
14 / 17 2008年8月31日,古斯塔夫颶風逼近路易斯安那州的新奧爾良。幾個小時后,三級颶風的風眼就登陸新奧爾良城西。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
15 / 17 2005年8月29日,在卡特里娜颶風席卷密西西比格爾夫波特期間,極端天氣攝影師麥克(Mike Theiss)抓緊一個路標。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
16 / 17 2008年9月12日,隨著颶風“艾克”逼近,海浪激長,越過護岸沖進德克薩斯州的加爾維斯敦。該照片拍攝后不到十二小時,“艾克”颶風狂暴的風暴潮就摧毀了德克薩斯沿岸許多人家和企業(yè)。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media
17 / 17 位于格林斯堡市中心的美國堪薩斯州郵政局只留下一片廢墟和一面美國國旗。2007年5月4日,1.75里寬的龍卷風襲擊了這個小農(nóng)莊,格林斯堡大部分地區(qū)被時速200里的颶風夷為平地。 圖片來源: Jim Reed/Barcroft Media |
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