5/8/2009 - Supercell near Montague, TX. On our first day, we started out waiting for storms to develop out near Ardmore OK. Eventually, we headed south into TX towards a storm near Stephensville, TX. We were too far away to get to that storm in time so went to watch this one instead. Also present were thousands of giant mosquitoes.

5/8/2009 - rotation This is from the same storm (tornado warned) but a bit later after sunset. It's a rather blurry picture, but the clouds are rotating there right above us. Although it was tornado warned, this one did not produce any tornadoes. These last few pictures of the day were after sunset and did not turn out very well. Later that night, we moved on to another storm in Nocona, TX.

5/10/2009 - Dust Devil This was one of many dust devils as we made our way down to the Davis Mountains on Sunday, May 10. Picture was taken from the van while driving down the road between Midland and Pecos, TX.

5/10/2009 Panoramic view of a storm south of Pecos TX

5/10/2009 Storm near Pecos, TX

5/10/2009 - Hail storm near Marathon, TX The only way to get to the second developing supercell was to drive through the core of it. We pulled off the road a while to let the worst of it pass. The hail was not very large but there was a ton of it. Imagine driving on a road covered in ball bearings...(98 degrees and road is covered in ice.) We had to wait for it to pass over.

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Storm near Marathon, TX

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What was originally a multicell small storm began to develop into a supercell (rotating storm). This is just east of Marathon, TX

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5/10/2009 - east of Marathon, TX Sunset, supercell hail core, and cattle

5/10/2009 - Roger Pointing towards the supercell (town of Marathon is in the distance)

5/10/2009 - Supercell Looking west towards Marathon, TX

5/10/2009 - Supercell over Marathon, TX

photographing the storm

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Roger Hill explaining storm structure

Panoramic view of the supercell

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Supercell at sunset

Alister using his 3D equipment