Photo Listing
THIS WEEK IN PHOTOS
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Darby Johnson '19, Molly Neureuter '18, Peyton Capute '18, Marie Hamet '19, Lili Dash '19 and Aubrey Phillips '18 watch a supercell thunderstorm near Last Chance, Colo. -
Sam Bartlett '18 sets up an iPad to create a time lapse of a supercell thunderstorm near Last Chance, Colo. -
Students and faculty observe a supercell thunderstorm near Cope, Colo. -
Matt Burnett '20, Yukun Yang '17 and Aubrey Phillips '18 observe a low-level shelf cloud as the thunderstorm gust front approaches near Dora, N.M. -
Caitlin Crossett '15 and Assistant Professor of Geoscience Nick Metz celebrate a successful storm chase with a selfie as they observe a supercell thunderstorm. -
A shelf cloud develops on the leading edge as a large area of rain and hail fill in the base of the storm near Milnesand, N.M. -
The students observe an intensifying supercell thunderstorm that contains rotating mesocyclone, rain and hail shaft and an approaching gust front in the open countryside of eastern New Mexico. -
The young researchers observe their first severe supercell thunderstorm near Dora, N.M. on May 23. -
Prior to storm chasing, Aubrey Phillips '18 leads a morning weather discussion with the geoscience students at a hotel. -
In this special edition of This Week In Photos, we follow Professor of Geoscience Neil Laird, Assistant Professor of Geoscience Nick Metz and students from Geoscience 299 on a storm chasing research trip across 15 states. In the photo above, Molly Neureuter '18, Sam Bartlett '18 and Matt Burnett '20 use an airfoil kite to lift a weather sensor above the Quad to sample lower atmosphere. -
Instructors Caitlin Crossett '15 and Eric Hoffman drive a van of excited GEO 299 students. -
A sketch by Aubrey Phillips '18 shows the route taken during GEO 299. In total, 5,650 miles and 15 states were covered during the 12-day experience. -
The features of a curved cloud show the location of mesocyclone within the rotating supercell thunderstorm as rain and large hail fall in the downdraft region. Hail with diameter of 2 ½ inches was reported with the storm pictured above. -
The group stops at point where Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado meet. -
Students in Geoscience 299 take a photo at Palo Duro Canyon State Park. -
Darby Johnson '19 and Aubrey Phillips '18 observe developing storms and virga, rain being evaporated before reaching the ground, below the distant storms.