21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Dusty Great Plains storm

A dramatic mesocyclone, the rotating updraft region of a supercell storm, pulls dust from nearby farmland up into the storm's core. Such storms are a part of life out on the Great Plains.

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Date Taken: 06.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Syracuse, Kansas, United States of America
Copyright: © Frederick Wasmer