These photos won awards in the 'picture of weather or scientific applications in the weather, water and climate applications' competition organized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). function.

The absolute power of nature

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Why is it after the storm. (Photo: Brad Goddard)
The competition is organized by NOAA starting January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015.The results were officially announced on June 16.The first three photos were taken by American professional photographer Brad Goddard.

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The tornado swirled with sand dust as the sun went down near Traer, Iowa State, USA.

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The tornado passed through the road at Reinbeck, Iowa state.

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The next three photos demonstrate "the fanciful and extreme power of weather and climate."
Proton arc on Superior Lake in Clio, Michigan, USA is made by American photographer Ken William.

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The fanciful cloud looks like a big explosion in the area of ​​Prescott, Arizona, USA by the photographer Bob Larson.

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"Heavenly Fire" on Glacier National Park, USA was taken by Sashikanth Chintla.

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This photo belongs to the topic "Scientific Activities", about a field researcher, aurora shooting in Alaska State, USA taken by Christopher Morse.

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The last three photos taken with a mobile phone."Smoke Mountain" is the name of a picture of the mountain of Canton, North Carolina, USA, taken by Elijah Burris.

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"Spring" - a cold rain trying to prevent spring coming from Mike Shelby.

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"Lake Tahoe clouds roll", US state of Sierra Nevada shot by Christopher LeBoa.