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Crevasses, dust layers and melt channels record the season in a way that survives for years.
Weather desk · Issue 09
A thunderstorm over a port is the most photographed forecast there is
Lightning is a schedule, not a surprise: the storm announces itself long before the first strike.
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Issue 09
Landscape
Sand travels in pulses, and the pattern is set by the shape of the dune rather than the strength of the gust.
Forest
Cloud forest intercepts moisture that never falls as rain, and the whole ecosystem is built on that theft.
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Photo essay
Weather is a deadline
Storms do not wait for a good position. These frames were made by people who had already been standing in the rain for an hour, with the lens hood on and a dry cloth in a pocket.
Monsoon cloud building over the Himalayan foothills.
Editor's note
“Everyone checks the forecast and almost nobody checks how it was made. This issue is about the gap between the number and the sky.”
Lars Eriksen · Editor, Storm
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