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Autumn so far in Appalachia 🍂🍂
📍Shenandoah National Park and Catskill Mountain Park, October 2025
Peter Forister 🍁🍂🍁
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Peter Forister 🍁🍂🍁
@forecaster25
Storm Chaser // Nature Photographer // Geographer // @ExploreFall Media Manager // Charlottesville, VA
- INSANE conditions on Mt Washington, NH. 120mph+ winds and -95°F wind chill. It is above the tropopause, meaning that these are stratospheric winds. Footage from the summit live stream 2:30-2:40pm. #nhwx
00:00 - Triple diamond ring beads and glorious red prominences. Franklin, Indiana. 3:10pm.
- Maximum potential for northern lights visibility tonight: Naked-eye visible down to the the Carolinas and Oklahoma Possible to view on the horizon to Florida and Southern California. G4 storm forecast is the highest in 19 years.
- Tonight over Virginia. A night I’ll remember for the rest of my life. 📍Blue Ridge Parkway, VA 5/10/24
- One of the most amazing sights I’ve ever seen. Tonight over Iceland.
- Northern lights over Virginia's Shenandoah Valley last night. Towering pillars and vivid colors were visible for a few unforgettable moments. 📍 Big Meadows, @ShenandoahNPS, Virginia, USA
- It appears the downtown of Chimney Rock, NC has been wiped out.
00:23I don’t know who to credit for this video yet. Will share when I know. It is a local and the video was shared in my family’s group chat. Downtown Chimney Rock, North Carolina is completely gone 😔 - Virginia Beach at sunrise this morning ❄️❄️ Fresh 12”+ on the ground!
- The last seven days of night sky views over the Central Appalachians ✨
- The Sentinel-2 satellite captured this image of Melissa's eye at peak intensity. 10m pixel resolution - one of the best satellite images ever captured of a hurricane of this intensity. Image from 16z this morning.
- Aurora from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia at 8pm this evening. Never seen colors like this on camera. Was briefly visible to the naked eye. 📍Elkton, VA
- Pink #Supermoon rising over Charlottesville, VA this evening. And yes, it was really very pink 😍🌔 #vawx #stormhour #PinkMoon
