It’s difficult to choose among photos, each one more fabulous than the last, taken all over the world. And yet, 12 must be selected to appear in the prestigious 2025 calendar of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
To vote, nothing could be simpler, just “ like » your favorite photos on the WMO Facebook, Instagram and Flickr pages before October 21.
Among the dozens of finalist photos, the one from the opening of this article: an explosive storm that looks like a nuclear bomb. This is a cumulonimbus photographed in Estonia by Andrei Nikitin, and named “ Apocalypse » ! But also :
A monstrous tornado Monster tornado » photographed in Iowa (United States).
An impressive arch “ cloud summer roll » captured in Croatia during a very violent storm.
A ” mammatus highway » taken in the United States, storm clouds in the shape of breasts.
And « vortexvortex d’northern lightsnorthern lights above » of Iceland, photographed by a renowned French photographer.
A sea of fog or cloud carpet » as the title suggests, in the Republic of Korea.
A complete solar halo, called “ eyeeye of theuniverseuniverse » by its author, in Italy.
