Earlier this week, I took several photos and videos of the supercell thunderstorm that came through Northwest Indiana on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. This was the same thunderstorm  that was part of the larger June 2013 Derecho storm system that moved through and on to the east coast. After taking the photos and videos and posting them online, they went viral and I was contacted by numerous producers from television stations across the country, including World News with Diane Sawyer, The Weather Channel, Good Morning America, CNN, AccuWeather, WeatherNation and more requesting permission to use the footage and the photo on their on-air broadcasts. I allowed them to use the photo and video and they provided me with an on screen credit. EXCITING!!!

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A supercell thunderstorm forming a derecho moved through the Chicago and Northwest Indiana area on the evening of Wednesday, June 12, 2013. This is a panoramic photo taken of the supercell that moved through Lake County, Indiana near Dyer at around 6:25pm CST. This storm cause property damage in Crown Point, Winfield and Hebron, about 10 miles east of this area.

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In this photo, a lone meteor can be seen during the Perseid Meteor Shower on Saturday, August 11, 2012. This photo was taken at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Miller Beach.

Check out other astrological photos, including the 2012 transit of Venus and the May 2012 solar eclipse!

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Perseid Meteor Shower, August 2012 by Joey B. Lax-Salinas is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.joeyblsphotography.com.

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Storms pass through the Chicago and Northwest Indiana area on the evening of July 18, 2012. This photo is of a lightning bolt taken from Schererville, Indiana as the storms moved to the west, passing through Hammond, Highland, Munster and Dyer. This photo is facing directly north towards Highland.

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My storm video from June 29, 2012 near Tinley Park was featured on Good Morning America on the morning of June 30, 2012. A big thanks and shout out to Ginger Zee who used my video in her broadcast! View more of my weather photography and videos!

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This photo was taken near I-57 and US 30 (Lincoln Highway). Click the photo to enlarge and see full resolution version.

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Northwest Indiana hail storm on the evening of June 28, 2012. This photo was taken in Schererville, Indiana. The hail stone is held up against a dime for comparison. This storm passed through Schererville at around 7:30pm. Click on the photo to see the full resolution version (approx: 5600×3700).

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The sun sets over the bay near Traverse City in northern Michigan. This photo was taken in June 2012 from the pier just east of the Holiday Inn – West Bay looking towards the west.

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This is a photo of the Venus transit over the Sun on June 5, 2012, taken from Schererville, Indiana. This photo was taken just before sunset, around 8:15pm. The photo above is the same photo as the one below, except in the below photo I left the tree and the street light to provide some perspective to the size of Venus as it passes over the sun. If you look closely, you can see what looks like small solar flares near the center of the sun and one just above Venus.

This photo was taken using a tripod-mounted Canon 5D Mark ii DSLR camera using a 100-400 telephoto lens, fully extended using a wired shutter release at a shutter speed of 1/8000 of a second and F-stop at 40.

Check out my solar eclipse photo taken last month!

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