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Stormscapes
Photographer Nicolaus Wegner loves a good storm chase—one of several reasons he produced a new time-lapse video called "Stormscapes."
His footage captures the formation of powerful thunderstorms developing over the Great Plains. Several of the storms he filmed are supercells—severe, potentially dangerous thunderstorms with a vortex of rotating air known as a mesocyclone. Supercells produce hail, strong rain, and occasionally tornadoes...continue at National Geograhic
The music is "Bindings" by Xiphon Audio. This piece and many more are on SoundCloud.
Stealing swrussel's line, How Did I Miss That?, check out mettle fatigue's "Where The Kogs Are: Index/Directory of the 130+ Localize Groups Since 2011 & Going Forward" at http://www.dailykos.com/... for a tremendous directory of groups here at Daily Kos. Let's give a round of applause to mettle fatigue, and remember you can always reccomend diaries, even after the comments period has closed.
Next, mettle fatigue is working on a directory of health and medical-related groups. See http://www.dailykos.com/... for information on this project.
Grab your cup and pull up a chair. What is on your mind this morning?