BEST MOST BEAUTIFUL WEATHER PHOTOS
The weather is always beautiful. It’s just a matter of how you look at it. See the most beautiful weather photos shortlisted for the Weather Photographer of the Year, sponsored by the Royal Meteorological Society and The Royal Photographic Society.
You’ll see the best photographs of clouds, lightning, rain, fog, snow, auroras, and all kinds of weather phenomena. Some photos show the impacts of weather on humanity, both in urban and wild settings.
Almost 2,000 photographs were submitted from over 60 countries. They were taken by meteorologists and other scientists, as well as a broad range of weather enthusiasts. All entries were judged anonymously.
See BN Team picks below!
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IMAGE CREDITS:
- Image: by Graham Niven. “Hibernating Birch - Storforsen, Sweden.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Alex Ponniah. “Lightning across the bay.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Craig Boehm. “Little Church on the Prairie.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Laurie Reed. “Frozen.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Melvin Nicholson. “Fogbow, Rannoch Moor, Scotland.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Alison Lansley. “Frost on the beach.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Mike Olbinski. “Superstrike.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Stu Meech. “Rainbow Poppies.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Paul Kingston. “Monster from the Deep.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Camelia Czuchnicki. “Purest Green.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Paul Kingston. “Winter Woolies.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Michele Palazzo. “Flatiron Building in the blizzard .” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.
- Image: by Brandon Yoshizawa. “Above the Fog.” Shortlisted for Weather Photographer of the Year 2017.