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Alien life – sun halo with circumhorizontal arc in Roswell, New Mexico, May 26, 2026. Photo by Chris Kridler

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A stunning storm produces a tornado and a spectacular lightning show south of Emporia, Kansas, on May 31, 2026, for @ChrisKridler and @AletheaKontis while #stormchasing. Video ©2026 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com (where you can see more images). Music licensed from Pond5.

31 May 2026: Kansas tornado and electric eruption of lightning

Stars and the Milky Way at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. #timelapse #stars

Stars at Great Sand Dunes National Park #shorts

On May 29, 2026, @ChrisKridler, @AletheaKontis and @Storm_Doctor chase storms from Colorado to Kansas, swept up in a dramatic line that led to a lightning-filled sunset with the cows. Video ©2026 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.

29 May 2026: We've got cows! Storm chasing from Colorado to Kansas

On May 25, 2026, @ChrisKridler and @AletheaKontis caught flashy lightning storms on Route 66 in New Mexico during an impromptu storm chase. Video ©2026 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com (where you can see more photos). Music licensed from Pond5.

25 May 2026: Route 66 lightning in New Mexico

Finding ephemeral beauty in a sun halo, golden wheat and a stunning sunset, @ChrisKridler and @AletheaKontis chase not storms but beauty on May 24, 2026, in Kansas. This peaceful five minutes offers a respite from the speed and the noise, with all the color and magic of nature - the fluff from cottonwood trees sparkling like fairy dust, the wind ruffling the fields under gliding clouds, and beams of orange light under waves in the sky. Video ©2026 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com (where you'll find more photos). Music licensed from Pond5.

Peaceful Prairie: The Slowest Chase - sun halo, wheat and sunset in Kansas, May 24, 2026

A storm chase in the Texas Panhandle had @ChrisKridler , @AletheaKontis and @danaus chasing and being chased by a dramatic and dusty haboob from Dumas to Amarillo on May 23, 2026. Video ©2026 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.

23 May 2026: Invasion of the haboob in the Texas Panhandle

A dramatic shelf cloud and severe-storm winds blast the Space Coast on July 13, 2026. Video ©Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com #shorts #stormchasing #flwx

Blasted by a Florida severe storm #shorts

A Texas Panhandle storm chase on May 22, 2026, brought surprises, including an impressive landspout and a big, dusty tornado, for @ChrisKridler and @AletheaKontis while storm chasing with @danaus (Bill Hark) and Jack Beven. Video ©2026 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.

22 May 2026: Texas Panhandle landspout & dusty tornado

Joining friends including @Storm_Doctor, @danaus and Jack Beven, @ChrisKridler and @AletheaKontis chased a tornado-warned storm while dodging hail in eastern Colorado on May 21, 2026. Video ©Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.

21 May 2026: Colorado chaos - chasing a tornado-warned storm and hail

Traveling from Kansas to Colorado and back again on May 16, @ChrisKridler and @AletheaKontis found dusty Colorado storms, gustnadoes, and beautiful and colorful mammatus over Kansas wheat fields in a rambling storm chase. See more images at https://ChrisKridler.com. Video ©2026 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5. #stormchasing

16 May 2026: Gnarly Colorado storms and psychedelic Kansas sunset

On a storm chasing travel day, @ChrisKridler and @AletheaKontis plunge into the world's largest hand-dug well at the Big Well Museum in Greensburg, Kansas, with a 360 camera. See my channel for the wide video. Video ©2026 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.

A very round trip into The Big Well #shorts

A relaxing and contemplative time-lapse of Cimmie the dinosaur amid the clouds, shot May 20, 2026, at the Cimarron Heritage Center in Boise City, Oklahoma. I filmed this on a travel day while #stormchasing with @AletheaKontis . Video ©2026 by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com. Music licensed from Pond5.

Cimmie in the Clouds: A relaxing dino time-lapse

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22 May 2026: Texas Panhandle landspout and dusty tornado

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