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Slideshow: Stunning storms feature in Weather Photographer of the Year 2020

  • lhedien
    1/26

    A bison wears a coat of snow at Yellowstone National Park

    lhedien
    lhedien
  • Marc
    2/26

    Lightning strikes between the towns Valldemossa and Deiá in Mallorca

    Marc
    Marc
  • Rudolf Sulgan
    3/26

    The Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan, New York, during a winter 'whiteout'

    Rudolf Sulgan
    Rudolf Sulgan
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  • Alexey Trofimov
    4/26

    Lake Baikal in Siberia, frozen over for five months every year, is renowned for its many ice formations and their turquoise appearance.

    Alexey Trofimov
    Alexey Trofimov
  • huanhp
    5/26

    Valley fog captured above LongCoc Tea Hill in Phu Tho Province, Vietnam

    huanhp
    huanhp
  • Alex Wides
    6/26

    The moon illuminates the Three Peaks of Lavaredo, as well as the fog and cloud that surrounds the cross on top of Mount Paterno, in the Dolomites mountain range.

    Alex Wides
    Alex Wides
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  • richardifox
    7/26

    Fogbows captured from a peak in Buchlyvie, Stirling, Scotland

    richardifox
    richardifox
  • richardifox
    8/26

    A rainbow over Mangersta sea stacks on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland

    richardifox
    richardifox
  • Mikhail Kapychka
    9/26

    A halo surrounds the moon in Mogilev, Belarus

    Mikhail Kapychka
    Mikhail Kapychka
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  • lorigraceaz
    10/26

    Lightning strikes during an electrical storm in El Paso, Texas, USA

    lorigraceaz
    lorigraceaz
  • Yuriy
    11/26

    Heavy fog in Saint-Petersburg, Russia

    Yuriy
    Yuriy
  • Adrian Campfield
    12/26

    Rain pelts the platform as a lone woman approaches at Waterloo station, London

    Adrian Campfield
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  • Šime Barešić - Otrow
    13/26

    A supercell like this one caught near Frankfurt, Germany, is a powerful storm with a thick rotating updraft

    Šime Barešić - Otrow
    Otrow
  • borisss1982
    14/26

    Mammatus are a type of cloud that look like a series of pouches hanging from the sky, resembling cow udders.

    borisss1982
    borisss1982
  • ivicabrlic
    15/26

    Snowfall in Davor, Croatia

    ivicabrlic
    ivicabrlic
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  • Francisco Negroni
    16/26

    Lenticular clouds are quite rare and are often mistaken for UFOs

    Francisco Negroni
    Francisco Negroni
  • Joann Randles
    17/26

    A rainbow rises over a wild pony near Swansea, Wales

    Joann Randles
    Joann Randles
  • Andrew McCaren
    18/26

    Water cascades down the 21m high dam wall of Wet Sleddale reservoir near Shap in Cumbria

    Andrew McCaren
    Andrew McCaren
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  • prestonstoll
    19/26

    Advection fog in Broomfield, Colorado, United States

    prestonstoll
    prestonstoll
  • torijaneostberg
    20/26

    An incredible EF2 tornado tears through a rural Colorado field

    torijaneostberg
    torijaneostberg
  • hadi dehghanpour
    21/26

    A small tornado appraoches a mourning ceremony site in Iran

    hadi dehghanpour
    hadi dehghanpour
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  • Mikhail Shcheglov
    22/26

    An evening rainbow at the Dyrholaey Cape, Iceland

    Mikhail Shcheglov
    Mikhail Shcheglov
  • Maja Kraljik
    23/26

    A shelf cloud drapes itself across Umag in Croatia

    Maja Kraljik
    Kraljikica
  • Abdul Momin
    24/26

    Cycling across fields during a drought in Bangladesh

    Abdul Momin
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  • TinaWright
    25/26

    One of the top two largest haboobs (dust storms) ever recorded in the state of Arizona

    TinaWright
    TinaWright
  • Madison
    26/26

    Radiation fog caught on camera

    Madison
    Madison
lhedien
Marc
Rudolf Sulgan
Alexey Trofimov
huanhp
Alex Wides
richardifox
richardifox
Mikhail Kapychka
lorigraceaz
Yuriy
Adrian Campfield
Šime Barešić - Otrow
borisss1982
ivicabrlic
Francisco Negroni
Joann Randles
Andrew McCaren
prestonstoll
torijaneostberg
hadi dehghanpour
Mikhail Shcheglov
Maja Kraljik
Abdul Momin
TinaWright
Madison
Emily Cleary

Incredible images of weather phenomena from across the globe have been released as the finalists for this year’s ‘Weather Photographer of the Year 2020’ competition are revealed.

More than 7,700 photographs were submitted by over 2,600 photographers, and entries depicted everything from clouds, lightning, rain, fog and snow through to the impact of weather on humans, cities and the natural landscape.

The contest, run by The Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), in association with AccuWeather, offers a first prize of £500 plus a HERO8 Go Pro camera and a year’s membership of RMetS.

To see the shortlisted images and vote for your favourite, visit photocrowd.com/wpotyvote. The vote is open from now and closes 25 September at midnight (BST).