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In April 2004, Nebraska funnel cloud

?? ― ?o?? ― ?é ― ' 1 November message, according to foreign coverage, the United Kingdom photographer Roger-kurram (Roger Coulam) loves chasing extreme weather, and the camera to record those incredible moments.

This is a crazy and dangerous work, unceasingly mankulam need close to a tornado, severe storm and waves, in order to get the best embodiment of the outlet side of the nature of violence. However, pursuit of extreme weather picture of the process, he has never been afraid of it, but felt really enjoy.

Mankulam year 45, from Tyne-will County Sunderland City, is the oldest in the United States well-known tornado corridor (Tornado Alley) to shoot one of United Kingdom photographer of a tornado.

In May 2004, he was in Nebraska Hallam Chase beats a diameter up to 2.5 miles (approximately 4 km), a tornado was the diameter of the largest tornado, the shooting experience almost mankulam exhaustion.

In May 2004, Nebraska, tornadoes leave the wreckage of the previous roll up

Tornado corridor is located in North America, Rocky Mountain and Apala LiveScience an area between, because local special climatic conditions, the region frequently encounter tornado invasion, usually in the spring, seasonal changes in climate occur.

Mankulam total spent 10 months to shoot through the tornado corridor of the storm. The danger zone covering Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas United States many States.

In order to find the extreme weather vagaries, kurram sometimes a day trip up to 1000 miles (approximately 1610 km).

He said: I have hired a car just ran 6 miles (approximately 9.65 km). And so I will it matter repossessed, this car has been due to hail the wounded, and ran the 2 million miles (approximately 3.2 million km), equivalent to travel 600 miles a day on average (about 965 kilometers).

May 15, 2007, as Thunder over the Garden City, Kansas

Mankulam said: lsquo; tornado corridor rsquo; indeed is a surprising place, did not arise because of the time, the surrounding plain open, endless, you can see 100 miles (160 km/h approximately) outside the big storm.

United Kingdom does not like to 90 miles per hour (approximately 145 km) activities of tornado so spectacular, but I really like the sea's rough and relentless force. I was very fortunate to live in the North Sea 0.5 miles (approximately 800 m), I have created many extreme weather observation at sea.

Mankulam in capturing those scare away most of extreme weather, repeatedly confronts the danger, fortunately, he always survived.

Mankulam said: there are two places I distance is 10 feet of lightning (approximately 3 m), stand at the distance of pool 5 inches (12.7 cm) away, who each root hairs pricked up, a tripod is also next to me at spark.

In 2006, the United Kingdom Northumberland beadnell Bay from Blizzard

I have repeatedly been wind up, finally, was thrown to the ground.

Chasing Tornadoes, also encounter other dangerous situations, such as side wire stuck on one side and the tornado in darker conditions. Sometimes, I left the formation of tornadoes overhead is only 100 metres away. This is a really excited and nervous at the Chase, in dangerous and unpredictable environment in the last few hours.

Mankulam added: I have spectacular extreme weather photos.

Obviously, this is a very stressful experience. When nature show violent side, I also distance it so close, it's really very special. Chasing storms is both strange and let people really enjoy. You live a life of a wandering, free.

Winter 2005, the United Kingdom Northumberland Dunstan's Castle in the Blizzard at sight

Many works of cheddikulam were much admired, for example, a huge wave constantly slaps lighthouse photos, this scene takes place in Sunderland by Locke Quay

At wind speed up to 60 miles per hour (approximately 96 km per hour), waves is pent-up anger, it's fully demonstrated the United Kingdom the terrible extreme weather. In November this year, the library will serve as judges attend Ramsar Lloyds TSB Bank-sponsored 2010 annual United Kingdom meteorological photography competition.