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The Lightning Before the Tornado

The Lightning Before the Tornado

A shot I took a few months back the night that we had a few huge tornados roll through the area and a lot of lives were lost. This was shot about 10 minutes bef...
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A shot I took a few months back the night that we had a few huge tornados roll through the area and a lot of lives were lost. This was shot about 10 minutes before the bad part of the storm rolled in and I loved how the car lights driving away from the storm looked.
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