Not exactly weeky, but on 20th May 2016 we had a hailstorm. Not just hail, but it hailed down. At last the opporunity to take a few shots of a real hail attack.
Of course I had to be quick, before they melted. Hailstones do not wait to have their photo taken, they melt as quickly as they arrive.
No roses were harmed in the making of this blog, although they did get quite wet. You can see the size of the stones which seemed to be increasing as it fell. I was standing and taking my photos and getting pelted with pieces of ice, but it was all in the name of good work, probably the only time I will ever be able to take photos of falling hail.
This is where the storm was gradually reaching the peak of its abilities. The pieces of ice were dancing on the ground and bouncing, but I braved the tempest protecting my camera with my hand.
The white streaks are action photos of the hail as it was falling, frozen in time you could say.
It does not happen often, but when it happens it is a one of nature’s theater pieces, a show, with all the effects.
Down in Mississippi, we got hail all of the time. In New Mexico too. Sometimes in Virginia. Here in Washington state… not so much in my experience. But it’s always a spectacle when it happens, isn’t it?
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It doesn’t often happen here in Switzerland. The worst is when the fruit is ruined or the blossoms are just ready on the trees.
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Good clear photos of the hailstorm! Glad you were not harmed in the taking of the photos! 🙂
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I was ready this time and had the camera quite near for some good captures.
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Hail can do some awful things to gardens. Glad yours suffered no harm. We’ve never gotten (in my lifetime, anyway) hail that big. Just little tiny ice pellets. I prefer your pictures of it!
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Sometimes it can get quite gigantic, but not so often where I live. It destroys a lot becaue it is so unpredictable.
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I know hail can be very dangerous. We desperately need rain out here.
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Looks glorius to me out here in drought-ridden California.
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It always arrives when no expected, that is the problem.
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I’m glad not much was damaged. You’ve captured the hail quite beautifully.
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