When storm clouds gather, and the wind howls in anger, the natural reaction for most people is to seek shelter. But some run towards the 1 . Photographer Liu Yijing is one of that rare type, as he captures and 2 nature's anger.
For the past year, Liu, 21, has travelled about 24,000 kilometers across 11 provincial-level administrative regions in China, chasing (追赶) and 3 thunderstorms. From the first 4 — a small wind developing into a strong wind, a violent sky, and birds fleeing— he 5 what appears to be a 6 task.
Liu has received a great deal of 7 for his work. His photos captured a complete supercell structure, a type of thunderstorm which 8 in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Aug 22. This image has been 9 as the cover photo for the May edition of Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, a key publication in its field.
"It is a typical supercell and I still have a vivid memory about how 10 I felt the moment it formed. While recording, I couldn't 11 myself and kept screaming, he says, 12 that the picture and video have become popular on the Internet, 13 among meteorologists (气象学家).
Many social media users nicknamed him "storm chaser". A Sina Weibo user 14 that Liu's photos and videos show how amazing 15 is and how insignificant humans are.
