In case someone thought tornado is one straight funnel

#Storm (downpour) tracks in IR imagery.
Do you see them? (most pronounced in SE RSA, brighter linear shapes)

View on the storms over #UAE and #Oman from today is the most intense I've ever seen through the eyes of #Meteosat satellite.
Flanking lines, outflow boundaries, convergence lines, OTs, AACPs, gravity waves (and more) in one loop.

Incredible footage of Saturn rising from behind the Moon by amateur astronomer Jan Koet.

#VIIRS Cloud Phase RGB from today is amazing (compared to #SEVIRI Convection RGB).
Death toll in the region unfortunately high.

Typical storm in Oklahoma would not be ashamed of such appearance!
Has it all, even the unusual elongated gravity wave line (undular bore?) from center towards the end of the plume/anvil
This morning over UAE/Oman

Dust and more #dust . Dusty Easter (time) across Europe, but also Russia, China, ...
#Meteosat #IODC Dust RGB

Plane appears froze over San Francisco, An optical illusion called the parallax effect,

📹William Manidis

Low pressure coming down from north to pick up dust pilled up over NW Africa in the last few days. So simple, so March-like pattern.
#Meteosat IODC #Dust RGB.

For those (like me) having hard time to visualize in head:
#SpringEquinox is bringing more sunshine to northern hemisphere, at the same time south pole starts to louse the light (until next equinox in 6 months).
1 year loop of daily (12 UTC) Natural Colour RGB images.

Moonrise inside Al Hajar mountains, taken last week.
Pretty blunt from here, there was almost magical.

Very important message there (wolves changing the river beds!)