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THUNDERSTRUCK

On 23 February 2014, David Hardy captured this phenomenal photo of a supercell moving over Christchurch, New Zealand. The storm formed out at sea, abeam to Ashburton, before moving north over Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains.

Hardy had been tracking the supercell from the northwestern suburb of Avonhead and was able to overtake the storm on the northern motorway. He stopped on the Kaiapoi off ramp and captured the image at 5:30pm.

Settings: Canon 5D3, 16mm, f8, ISO320, 1/320th sec.

-TEL

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