Storm Chaser Snaps Stunning Photo of Tornado, Rainbow Together

August 12,2015

Sometimes the unbelievable really is possible. That's what happened when Jason Blum, a 43-year-old paramedic and amateur meteorologist from Colorado, took his 14-year-old son Chase on a 900-mile drive into the countryside near Eads, Colorado, on an overcast day back in May.
It was the son's first time to join his father on one of his many storm-chasing trips over the past decade, and they happened upon the incredibly rare moment they photographed above – two very different sides of nature captured in one photo, a vibrant rainbow next to a turbulent tornado, as Caters News Agency describes.
The pair were only half a mile away from the twister when they snapped the photos in the slideshow above, of the tornado touching down near Eads on May 9, 2015. Despite being so close to the storm, Jason told Caters he was very careful to keep his son safe.
"What I love about storms is their power," Blum told Caters in a press release. "The first time I ever chased, a tornado formed right in front of us. In less than a minute, a relatively small supercell grew into this monster funnel, and the wind intensified until it was so loud we could barely hear ourselves shouting.
"And there it was, the Holy Grail of storm-chasers – a tornado – I was instantly hooked."
When you stumble upon the kind of scene that Blum and his son were able to capture above, it's hard not to be.
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