Gallery: Awe-Inspiring Skies, Captured by an Extreme Storm Chaser

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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    Nebraska Tornado Intercept

    A tornado from a tornadic supercell approaches York, Nebraska on June 20, 2011.
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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    May 22, 2010 Bowdle South Dakota Violent Tornado

    This long-lived supercell produced an EF4 tornado that tracked across northeast South Dakota and just missed the town of Bowdle on May 22, 2010.
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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    Night Supercell

    A supercell tracks across southern Nebraska.
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    Whales Mouth

    A shelf cloud moves over a storm chaser producing something called a "whales mouth" in southeast Nebraska on August 9, 2009.
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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    Truck Stop and Twilight Supercell

    A supercell storm moves over a York, Nebraska truck stop on I80 on June 17, 2009. Half an hour earlier, the storm produced a large tornado near Aurora, Nebraska.
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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    Nebraska Twilight Supercell

    A striated supercell passes just north of Grand Island, Nebraska on May 10, 2005.
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    Nebraska Twilight Supercell

    A striated supercell passes just north of Grand Island, Nebraska on May 10, 2005.
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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    Nebraska Mammatus

    Mammatus clouds spread across the sky in central Nebraska following severe storms.
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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    Nebraska Summer Supercell

    An intense high precipitation supercell storm moves south in the Nebraska Sand Hills south of Valentine on July 13, 2009.
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    Iowa Supercell

    A supercell moves across southwest Iowa on August 26, 2004, producing short-lived tornadoes near the town of Coin.
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    Kansas Tornado

    A tornadic supercell races across the landscape near Hanover, Kansas on April 6, 2006.
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    Ugly Nebraska Supercell

    A supercell storm heads toward Alvo, Nebraska on June 13, 2004. The storm produced a tornado near Waverly and a couple more small tornadoes near Alvo.
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    Nebraska Supercell

    The sun pokes through under a long-lived supercell moving across northeast Nebraska on May 28, 2004.
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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    Mammatus Clouds

    Mammatus clouds form over northern Oklahoma.
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    South Dakota Mammatus Clouds

    Mammatus clouds in South Dakota on May 22, 2010.
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    TV Tower Lightning

    Lightning rises from television towers in North Omaha.
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    South Dakota Severe Hail Storm

    Hail, sometimes as big as baseballs, falls near Fairburn, South Dakota during a summer storm.
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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    South Dakota Bow Echo

    A fast moving and severe bow echo moves down the highway from Redfield to Watertown, South Dakota.
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    Photo: Mike Hollingshead
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    Badlands Fog Storm

    A fog storm overtakes the Badlands of South Dakota on June 18, 2008.
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    Stormy Nebraska Sunset

    The sun sets under a severe storm in central Nebraska on August 17, 2005.
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