Summer Storm at Sunset
December 20, 2003
Provided by: James Baker
Summary authors & editors: James Baker
The photo above was taken near Memphis, Tennessee in early August of this year. At any given moment, there are roughly 2,000 thunderstorms in progress around the world. Essentially, a thunderstorm is a mechanism or process that removes heat and moisture near the Earth's surface and transports it to the upper levels of the atmosphere. By-products of this process include clouds, precipitation (rain and hail), and wind (updrafts and downdrafts. The building cumulonimbus clouds of this storm are highlighted by a setting Sun.
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