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A setting rampant with wildflowers and garden plants gives this portrait more life and light. Photo by Chris Kridler, chriskridler.com

September 13, 2011 Chris Kridler

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Almost every year, I seek to capture the enchanting unfolding of night-blooming cereus flowers. Each giant blossom of these cactus vines blooms for just one night. Here we see the full panoply of these beautiful flowers as they explode in Florida along with a time-lapse of them opening as evening falls. Video (c) 2024 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.

Magical night-blooming cereus time-lapse 2024

An epic tornado chase of a twister in all its forms! May 23, 2024, offered a spectacle as a tornado churned between Eldorado, Duke and Olustee, Oklahoma. This video tells the story of the chase and features footage, time-lapses and photos of this extraordinary tornado, in turns a multivortex, cone, stovepipe and wedge. Experience an amazing day of #stormchasing with @ChrisKridler @AletheaKontis @facethewind and @Storm_Doctor. Video (c) 2024 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.
~~Not for broadcast; 4K video available. Inquire about licensing.~~

23 May 2024: Stunning shape-shifting Oklahoma tornado

@ChrisKridler and @AletheaKontis meet up with friends and chase a fantastic spinning supercell that produced a tornado in Oklahoma on May 19, 2024. Even if the tornado was obscure from our angle, our views of the storm were stunning. Video (c) 2024 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.

19 May 2024: Dramatic Oklahoma tornadic supercell

A marginal setup led to beautiful storms in south Texas on May 16, 2024, including a dramatic shelf cloud, for storm chasers @ChrisKridler and @AletheaKontis. Video (c) 2024 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.

16 May 2024: Dreamy south Texas storms

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The cold front coming through this morning. Also,

The cold front coming through this morning. Also, current mood. #flwx #lookup #stormchasing #skychasing

The sky is calling... #escapetonature #lookup #sun

The sky is calling... #escapetonature #lookup #sunset #flwx

Satellite image of #hurricanemilton this afternoon

Satellite image of #hurricanemilton this afternoon. The Hurricane Hunters have found sustained winds have rebounded to 155 mph. #flwx #tropics

Hurricane Kirk - mesmerizing way out in the Atlant

Hurricane Kirk - mesmerizing way out in the Atlantic Ocean. #hurricanekirk #tropicalwx #satellite #goes16

The sky after a heart-wrenching farewell yesterday

The sky after a heart-wrenching farewell yesterday. Thinking of my friends who have lost so much. #light #peace

Grab 1000+ books today at RomanceBookworms.com! #f

Grab 1000+ books today at RomanceBookworms.com! #freebooks #stuffyourereader #stuffyourkindleday #amreading #romancebooks #mysterybooks

Random beauty from a storm chase May 19. This is t

Random beauty from a storm chase May 19. This is the windmill park in Shattuck, Oklahoma, one of my favorite places in the Plains. A fictional park like this appears in my novel FUNNEL VISION. #stormchasing with @aletheakontis and friends. #okwx #windmills #mammatus #skychasing #lookup #tornadoalley

Once upon a time, I wrote novels about storm chase

Once upon a time, I wrote novels about storm chasers. All the excitement around TWISTERS prompted me to look at them again, where my writing has traveled since then, and what it takes to be happy with your #writing. 🌪 Link in bio, or SkyDiary.com will get you to the blog. #stormchasing #twisters #amwriting #authorsofinstagram #adventure

Listening to that outer-band thunder as storms rol

Listening to that outer-band thunder as storms roll by west of me ... #debby #flwx #tropics #radarscope

On the Space Coast eyeing Debby's track toward the

On the Space Coast eyeing Debby's track toward the other side of the state. #flwx #debby #tropics

Squall line in Gap, Pennsylvania. #pawx #stormchas

Squall line in Gap, Pennsylvania. #pawx #stormchasing #lookup #funnelvision

Today only! Grab lots of mysteries for nuthin'! Co

Today only! Grab lots of mysteries for nuthin'! Cozymysterybookclub.com/bookblast #freebooks #cozymystery #mysterybooks #weekendreads #amreading

When you're done watching TWISTERS... the Storm Se

When you're done watching TWISTERS... the Storm Seekers Series awaits! #funnelvision #stormchasing #weekendreads #adventurebooks

When you're done watching #Twisters ... more storm

When you're done watching #Twisters ... more storm chasing adventures await! #stormseekersseries #funnelvision #adventurebooks #stormchasing #amreading #weekendreads

Lovely Space Coast #sunset earlier this evening. #

Lovely Space Coast #sunset earlier this evening. #flwx #lookup #skychasing

Pics/video from the epic May 23 tornado chase in O

Pics/video from the epic May 23 tornado chase in Oklahoma are on the blog! Incredible day with @aletheakontis, @storm_doctor and Dave Lewison. Link in bio or SkyDiary.com will get you there. #stormchasing #okwx #tornado #lookup #funnelvision #olustee #eldorado #duke #oklahoma #severeweather

Sun halo over the Indian River Lagoon this morning

Sun halo over the Indian River Lagoon this morning. #flwx #sunhalo #spacecoast #lookup

One year ago ... sun halo over Kirkwall in Scotlan

One year ago ... sun halo over Kirkwall in Scotland's Orkney Islands. #sunhalo #scotland #travel

A moment in the garden this morning. The very hot

A moment in the garden this morning. The very hot garden. #lizard #anole #flwx #floridagarden

New video and photos on the blog: May 19 gave us a

New video and photos on the blog: May 19 gave us a powerful mothership supercell in Oklahoma and lots of dramatic visuals. Link in bio, or SkyDiary.com will get you there. #stormchasing with @aletheakontis #lookup #funnelvision #okwx #supercell #mothership

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Hurricane Milton, big Florida tornadoes, and a deluge of bad facts
As storm chasing blockbuster TWISTERS spins on the big screen, the Storm Seekers novels still electrify me
Magical night-blooming cereus time-lapse 2024
23 May 2024: Stunning shape-shifting Oklahoma tornado
19 May 2024: Dramatic Oklahoma tornadic supercell – a real mothership!

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