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A far cry from nude ladies or sweaty firemen, Australia's national weathercasters have compiled a calendar we can get behind -- one overflowing with serious storm porn.。
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has released a series of publicly-submitted, jaw-dropping images of weather patterns from across the vast island continent. 。
They've taken the shots, along with photographer's accompanying personal stories, and turned them into a 2017 calendar we can all enjoy. Even without even buying it.。
SEE ALSO:'Not enough ice for a gin and tonic:' two weeks in the Northwest Passage 。SEE ALSO:'Not enough ice for a gin and tonic:' two weeks in the Northwest Passage 。
January 。
January's photographer Chris Tangey captured a freak hail storm in Australia's red centre, after hearing about the incoming storm on Facebook. 。Hail in the Ilparpa Claypans, Northern Territory, Australia.Credit: CHRIS TANGEY。
February 。
David Jaensch was heading back from a camping trip on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula when he spotted this classic example of a cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud over Port Lincoln. 。Cumulonimbus over Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia.Credit: dave jaensch 。
Cumulonimbus over Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia.Credit: dave jaensch 。
March
。Working with the Australian Antarctic Division at Mawson Station, Dobromilsky managed to capture this image of the southern lights or Aurora Australis. 。
Aurora australis viewed from Mawson Station, Antarctica.Credit: LYDIA JEAN DOBROMILSKY 。
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Thanks for signing up! 。Gust front approaching Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia.Credit: PAMELA PAULINE 。
May 。
Mario Mirabile happened upon some delicate ice sheets resting on top of native grasses and couldn't let the moment escape undocumented
。Ice on the shore of Lake Guy, northeastern Victoria, Australia.Credit: MARIO MIRABILE 。
June 。
John Baxter said that in all his years at sea he'd never before seen anything like these mountainous clouds that seemed to float off the west coast of Australia. 。Gravity wave clouds east of Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.Credit: JOHN BAXTER 。
Gravity wave clouds east of Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.Credit: JOHN BAXTER 。
July 。Rob Embury shot these lenticular clouds over Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island, saying "there wasn’t any low-level cloud around but those two peaks create their own weather." 。
Lenticular clouds over Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower, Lord Howe Island, Australia.Credit: ROB EMBURY/PALE BLUE DOT PHOTOGRAPHY 。
Lenticular clouds over Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower, Lord Howe Island, Australia.Credit: ROB EMBURY/PALE BLUE DOT PHOTOGRAPHY
。August 。
Amateur photographer Flavia Jager Williams spotted this vivid rainbow near Binda, a small village in the New South Wales Southern Tablelands. 。
Rainbow near Binda, New South Wales, Australia.Credit: Flavia Jager Williams 。September 。
Kylie Gee of Bencubbin said "It took a couple of goes to get the composition lined up with the moon... The image is lit purely by moonlight." 。
Moon halo over Bencubbin, Western Australia, Australia.Credit: KYLIE GEE/INDIGO STORM PHOTOGRAPHY 。October。
Seenivasan Kumaravel's photograph shows the Australian Capital Territory, blanketed in a thick morning fog.。
Canberra in fog from Mount Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.Credit: SEENIVASAN KUMARAVEL 。November 。
Helen Day said of her shot "I sat in the dark for two hours on a very hot night waiting for this bolt. I could hear kangaroos hopping past in the dark." 。Lightning strike near Longreach, Queensland, Australia.Credit: HELEN DAY 。Lightning strike near Longreach, Queensland, Australia.Credit: HELEN DAY 。December。Photographer Leanne Osmond sat outside at sunrise on a crisp winter's morning to snap the frost clinging to a spider web on a nearby fence.。Osmond stumbled across this frosty spiderweb on a fence, St Marys, TasmaniaCredit: LEANNE OSMOND 。The calendar's available via the Bureau of Meteorology's online store. 。