Categories: EarthEarth ObservationSkywatching

Dramatic Timelapse Shows Develpment of Supercell “Mothership” Storm Cloud in Wyoming

Yikes! The Mothership has returned to Wyoming a la “Close Encounters of the Third Kind!” Yesterday a gigantic storm cloud spun into a flying saucer shape in eastern Wyoming near Newcastle and a storm-chasing group called Basehunters captured it all on film. Luckily, by the end of the footage, the storm dissipates.

You can see some images from Twitter below:

Here is the incredible #timelapse from the supercell in WY yesterday! #wywx #stormchasing https://t.co/TchlEIBe8t pic.twitter.com/v7p1IGM3jA

— Basehunters Chasing (@Basehunters) May 19, 2014

Horses in the bottom right were running away from the storm. Not too long after hail started falling. pic.twitter.com/TnMcObMEWv

— Mark Ellinwood (@markellinwood) May 19, 2014

Source: Capital Weather Blog

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Nancy has been with Universe Today since 2004, and has published over 6,000 articles on space exploration, astronomy, science and technology. She is the author of two books: "Eight Years to the Moon: the History of the Apollo Missions," (2019) which shares the stories of 60 engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make landing on the Moon possible; and "Incredible Stories from Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos" (2016) tells the stories of those who work on NASA's robotic missions to explore the Solar System and beyond. Follow Nancy on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Nancy_A and and Instagram at and https://www.instagram.com/nancyatkinson_ut/