Winter Break in Israel

I went on the Chicago Area Shorashim Birthright program from December 28-January 8th. Best 10 days of my life. I want to go back as soon as I finish school. Here are some of my favorites from the trip:

The Western Wall in the Old City in Jerusalem at night

Sunrise over the Jordan Valley at Masada

Fun at the Dead Sea

Best of 2009

Here are a few of my best shots chasing from May 29-June 7th... enjoy!


Sandhills of Northern Nebraska May 31st, 2009:

June 5th of course:

May 29th, just a great lightning shot in the middle of nowhere (Cherry County, NE)


More to come next year!

D1 GP Chicago 8/1/09

7/30/09 Severe Thunderstorm near Buffalo Grove, IL (home)

The t-storm warned cell passed just to the north of my house at 5:45pm located in the northern part of buffalo grove, IL in Southern Lake County. It looked as if a shelf cloud tried to form for a minute or two. You could a bit of turquoise/light green right above the cloud base as it headed eastward towards Lake Michigan.

almost a greenish color above the cloud base


weak shelf cloud dissipating to the NW


more defined shelf cloud


taken from my backyard, good outflow of 50-60mph winds

6/19/2009 Local Lightning Fun

I was headed to the Baskin-Dunkin in Vernon Hills to meet some friends when I caught sight of a nice storm with a lot of lighting. The storm was t-storm warned as it slowly crossed into IL from WI. The storm was headed east towards the lake, but slowly sank south towards the Chicagoland area throughout the rest of the night.

The only CG I saw that night (1:32AM to be exact), in Vernon Hills, IL

6/19/2009 Towering Cumulus Out East

Although I was still sleeping when this storm hit, I managed to catch some shots of it in my hometown of Buffalo Grove, IL at around 2pm (I woke up at 1:30pm :P ).

Great 45,000ft storm as it crosses into Lake Michigan

6/6/2009 Goshen County, WY TORNADO!

I got to see my first ever tornado while storm chasing with the College Of Dupage. After a fun 8 days of chasing non-tornadic storms, this was truly a treat.

Me in front of the Goshen County, Wyoming Tornado