Europe
The best of storm photos taken in Europe.

Positive lightning in the Gulf of Trieste by Klemen Bandelj
Positive lightning jumps from the top of the explosive updraft over the Trieste gulf

Beautiful shelf cloud by Gregor Vojščak
Beautiful shelf cloud from the dominant outflow supercell we chased in Croatia

Stunning multicell in Erding by David S. Bache
Very nice structure during the thunderstorm in Bavaria.

Isolated cell behind the island of Brijuni by Sendi Smoljo
Isolated cell behind the island of Brijuni on western coast of Istria

Epic crawler lightning in Prague by Šimon Rogl
Close-up view of a lightning channel. Experts do not agree whether it’s ribbon lightning or not.

Intra-cloud lightning in the south of France by Axel Guibourg
Storms from a free atmosphere have developed in the south of France. The electrical activity was mainly in the form of intra-cloud lightning.

Spectacular branched CG lightning bolt by Gregor Vojščak
Nice branched CG lightning behind the island Krk when storms were firing up in Kvarner bay, Croatia

Beautiful shelf cloud south of Munich by Michi Hutter
After a hot day, numerous thunderstorms formed between the Alps and Munich.

Massive shelf cloud over Provodovice by Andrea Dadáková
Stunning shelf cloud over Provodovice, Czechia

Isolated thunderstorm near the Cevennes Mountains by Axel Guibourg
An isolated thunderstorm has formed after a very hot and dry afternoon near the Cevennes mountains.

Mesmerizing gust front at sunset by Aaron Sperschneider
Shortly after a strong thunderstorm cell passed over our location near Fulda (Hessen, Germany), a second, weaker thunderstorm formed.

Six hours long lightning show by Gregor Vojščak
Amazing September night near Umag, when isolated storms were firing up with frequent lightnings for 6 hours non stop

Lightning strikes the city of Pula by Sendi Smoljo
Massive lightning bolt in Pula.

Double CG lightning with mesocyclone by Axel Guibourg
A supercell from the sea is coming to my position with numerous CG lightning strikes. A striated mesocyclone crossed a water surface in southern France.

A localized storm with half rainbow by Samuele Montedoro
Taken at Cerbaia in Tuscany, Italy on September 2, 2020

Amazing supercell near Vicenza by Klemen Bandelj
The beauty near Vicenza, a city in the Veneto region of northeast Italy

Stunning mammatus clouds by Samuele Pincelli
Beautiful mammatus clouds in Villanova, Modena.

Train passing under a mesocyclone by Alessandro Piazza
Freight train passes under the awesome mesocyclone of this LP supercell

Mesmerizing shelf cloud over Baltic Sea by Marius Block
Another view of an impressive shelf cloud at the coast of the Baltic Sea

A textbook Kelvin–Helmholtz instability by Lukas Gallo
An incredible Kelvin-Helmholtz waves in South Bohemia.

Close lightning strike by Emric Imbertie
Back to the highlight of the 2020 storm season

The perfect storm by Walter Rose
Supercell off the coast of Polignano a Mare in its most acute phase

Mammatus clouds illuminated by the setting sun by Aaron Sperschneider
These cloud bumps are called mammatus clouds. They look particularly impressive when illuminated by the setting sun.

Branched lightnings near Salin-de-Giraud by Dorian Dziadula
The Camargue ponds pounded by branched thunderbolts, some very close, approx. 500-600 m away.