Stormscapes

The Great Plains of the United States produce the most beautiful thunderstorms, supercells, and unique cloud structures in the world. I spent the summer of 2013 on the northern Great Plains photographing some of these storms. Shot in Wyoming and South Dakota. Music: Xiphon Audio - Bindings - Used with permission Photography: Nicolaus Wegner Equipment: Canon 5dmii, 1dsmiii, 16-35mii, 70-200f4, tripods, intervalometers, hail dented Jeep. _____ Xiphon Audio Links: http://soundcloud.com/xiphon_audio/look-to-the-sky - Help XA with his Bleeding Fingers (Hans Zimmer) Competition. It's pretty awesome! https://www.facebook.com/AudioDamageProductions http://www.youtube.com/user/AudioDamageProduct https://soundcloud.com/xiphon_audio _____ My links: facebook.com/LightalivePhotography www.lightalivephotography.com/ plus.google.com/+Lightalivephotography/posts

Thanks to Jason Kottke, at Kottke.org for posting this:

Nicolaus Wegner shot some gorgeous footage of thunderstorms and cloud formations in South Dakota and Wyoming during the summer of 2013.

The footage is crazy good.

The Killing of Stray Dogs in Sochi

There will be a lot of issues that come up with the Sochi Olympics, but don't overlook the potential hunting and killing of hundreds of stray dogs by the Russian government in preparation for the games. Keith explains. Watch "Olbermann" weeknights on ESPN2 at 11pm ET.

Second day in a row Olbermann has opened the show with this issue. This is Olbermann at his best. He has convinced me to boycott Sochi. I wont be watching this year. And the Winter games are my favorite.