Rough RIde
by Jon Burch Photography
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Title
Rough RIde
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture
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Flying over the Rocky Mountains and descending into Denver International Airport can sometimes be a bumpy affair. Here is a good reason why. This developing thunderstorm was forming over Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park when this image was recently made. Sometimes growing upward to 60,000 feet, these monsters can smite little airplanes and are wisely avoided by the bigger ones as well.
Thunderstorms result from the rapid upward movement of warm, moist air and occur inside warm, moist air masses and fronts. As warm, moist air moves upward, it cools, condenses, and forms cumulonimbus clouds that can reach heights of over 12 miles. As the rising air reaches its dew point, water droplets and ice form and begin to fall through the clouds towards the Earth's surface. As the droplets fall, they collide with other droplets and grow larger. The falling droplets create a downdraft of cold air and moisture that spreads out at the Earth's surface, causing the associated strong winds and occasionally fog.
Thunderstorms generally form and develop just about anywhere, somewhat more frequently within areas located at mid-latitude when warm moist air collides with cooler air. They are responsible for the development and formation of many severe weather phenomena and pose great hazards to people and landscapes. Damage that results from thunderstorms is mainly inflicted by downburst winds, large hailstones, and flash flooding caused by the heavy precipitation. Stronger thunderstorm cells are even capable of producing tornadoes and waterspouts. The average thunderstorm lasts over several hours and expends enough energy to equal 50 atomic bombs.
Photograph copyright Jon Burch Photography
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August 17th, 2014
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