Weather Things in Photos is a collection of weather images, celebrating the variety of dynamic, colorful, inspirational, and educational sights in the sky and in the environment as a result of meteorology. From scenes of serenity, to striking lightning displays, these pictures entertain and enlighten those who are regular sky watchers, and those who are soon to become sky watchers! Regardless of your age, occupation, or where you live on Earth, this book will give you new perspectives on weather things you may have seen before, and it will show you things to look for in the future.
Almost everything in the sky has a name. Learn the different cloud types. See what a circumzenith arc is. Surely, you've seen crepuscular rays?! What about mammatus clouds or hole punch clouds? Fascinating photos from Meteorologist Alan Sealls show how simple ingredients of sun, air, and water serve up a cornucopia of sights.
Alan Sealls is an Emmy award-winning broadcast meteorologist, known for going viral and being proclaimed "Best Weatherman Ever" in 2017 for Hurricane Irma coverage. Alan has been a photographer since his teen years, when he served as photo editor of his high school newspaper, in Mount Vernon, New York. In his first professional job in Albany, Georgia, Alan used his photography skills as a videographer, when he was not acting as a meteorologist. Having worked on television in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Mobile, you may have watched him years ago on WGN and on CNN. Kids around the world have seen him and his weather photography and videography in more than 100 educational weather videos that he produced, distributed to schools via Discovery Education and by Boclips. His weather photos and video work have been used in textbooks, magazines, newspapers, science journals, documentaries, and on network TV programs. Alan is also an adjunct college professor. He earned meteorology degrees from Cornell University and from Florida State University. He is a past president of the National Weather Association, and he is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. In addition to providing weather safety seminars to businesses, Alan is frequently invited to speak at national conferences, and he is often retained by attorneys as a consulting meteorologist or expert witness in legal cases where weather is a factor. Find Alan Sealls on social media and at alansealls.com
