Friday, June 29, 2012

US Forest Fires Filmed from Orbit


Please watch this NASA video from the International Space Station.  This video can give us an idea of the scale of the forest fires in Colorado.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

National Geographic Weather Science Videos II


Once again, here is Tim Samaras documenting tornadoes, lightning and hailstorms in Oklahoma


© National Geographic; Videographer: Paul Samaras




Monday, June 25, 2012

National Geographic Weather Science Videos I


Tim Samaras is a well known Engineer, Storm Chaser and Inventor
Did you know he holds the Guinness World Record for measuring the lowest barometric pressure within a tornado?
He has been featured in both documentaries and a well known TV show called Storm Chasers on the Discovery channel.

Bio Credit weather.com

I wanted to share this video about his work filming lightning, you will enjoy this.