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Shelf cloud over New Hampshire

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August 8, 2016

Photo by Josh Blash — Photographer Josh Blash calls this image Skyfall. He wrote: “Everything is quiet, a little super dangerous.”

Josh Blash wrote in late July, 2016:

Finally we had a storm that didn’t dissipate before it got here. I took this July 23 in Rye, New Hampshire, just after one storm had rolled through. This is a shelf cloud for the approaching storm.

It was vicious when it hit with lightning, hail, and wind that felt like it was going to lift my car off the ground.

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“Everything got very still when I took this, just moments before the fury of the storm began.” Photo by Josh Blash.

Bottom line: Shelf cloud before a storm in New Hampshire, July 23, 2016.

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Deborah Byrd (asteroid 3505 Byrd) helps edit EarthSky.org and is a frequent host of EarthSky videos. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named in her honor in 1990, a Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2003, and the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society in 2020. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.