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Alex Resel 📸
@aresel.bsky.social
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📸 Photographer
🌪️ Storm chaser
🌌 Aurora hunter
📍 South Dakotan
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Pretty surreal to say I’ve officially documented an EF5 tornado. The first EF5 tornado since Moore 2013.

Enderlin, North Dakota - June 20, 2025.
My digital shot of an EF5 tornado near Enderlin, North Dakota on the night of June 20, 2025. My digital shot of an EF5 tornado near Enderlin, North Dakota on the night of June 20, 2025.
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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One week ago today, Mother Nature gifted me a birthday tornado intercept in my own backyard.

Watertown, South Dakota - July 27, 2025
Photo of a tall, backlit, and violent stovepipe tornado lifting debris in the air over a road and cornfields west of Watertown, South Dakota on July 27, 2025. Photo of a tall and violent stovepipe tornado lifting debris in the air over a road and cornfields west of Watertown, South Dakota on July 27, 2025. Photo of a tall, backlit, and violent stovepipe tornado lifting debris in the air over a road and cornfields west of Watertown, South Dakota on July 27, 2025.
August 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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One week ago today, I had the chase of a lifetime in my backyard

Gary, South Dakota - June 28, 2025
Tornado over a prairie hill west of Gary, SD on June 28, 2025. Tornado and supercell structure looking due west near Gary, SD on June 28, 2025. Dreamy tornado before it begins to occlude west of Gary, SD on June 28, 2025.
July 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Last night I chased this monster supercell and wedge tornado in southwest Iowa. Some of the most incredible structure I’ve ever seen!
Supercell with wedge tornado near Essex, Iowa on April 17, 2025.
April 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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A stormy night in northeast Nebraska last week ⚡️
Close range CG (cloud-to-ground) lightning bolt down a country road north of Norfolk, Nebraska on March 28, 2025. Line of storms with shelf cloud structure and lightning at sunset north of Norfolk, Nebraska on March 28, 2025. CG (cloud-to-ground) lightning bolt north of Norfolk, Nebraska on March 28, 2025.
April 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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The night sky came alive recently near Watertown, South Dakota.
Bright aurora borealis with a variety of green, pink, red, and purple colors over a rural landscape near Watertown, South Dakota on March 21, 2025. Bright aurora borealis with a variety of green, pink, red, and purple colors over a rural landscape at sunset near Watertown, South Dakota on March 21, 2025. Bright aurora borealis with a variety of green, pink, red, and purple colors over a rural landscape with pine trees near Watertown, South Dakota on March 21, 2025. Bright aurora borealis with a variety of green, pink, red, and purple colors over a rural landscape with power transmission towers near Watertown, South Dakota on March 21, 2025.
March 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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We documented a violent tornado near West Plains, Missouri on March 14, 2025.

The most intense tornado I’ve ever chased. The roar sounded evil as it moved in with extreme RFD winds associated with a very wide circulation. Extreme damage also occurred near Bakersfield-South Fork, Missouri.
Large wedge tornado and mesocyclone above as it approaches West Plains, Missouri on the night of March 14, 2025. Violent motion and an extremely loud roar was observed. Reflectivity and velocity radar signatures of a tornado-producing supercell as it approached our location near West Plains, Missouri on March 14, 2025.
March 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Today I documented the first EVER February tornado in South Dakota HISTORY! 🌪️

📍 Watertown, South Dakota
🗓️ February 24, 2025
Tornado as it first formed southeast of Watertown, South Dakota - 4:11 pm (2/24/2025) Video screenshot of tornado southeast of Watertown, South Dakota - 4:12 pm (2/24/2025) Photo of supercell with evident low level features, organized base, and lightning on the west side of Watertown, South Dakota - 3:30 pm (2/24/2025) Rainbow over Watertown, South Dakota after tornado - 4:20 pm (2/24/2025)
February 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Craving more nights under the aurora
Photo of overhead aurora with a sky full of pink, purple, and green auroras with a prairie church as the subject surrounded by trees with a walkway leading up to the entrance of the church. Photo captured near Watertown, South Dakota on May 10, 2024.
January 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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The first aurora of 2025 danced in the night sky last night.
Aurora borealis along the horizon with a train track and gravel road in foreground as well as a barn and silo in the middle ground. Captured near Watertown, South Dakota on January 4, 2025. Aurora borealis along the horizon with a road sign directing to which direction Watertown is. Car headlights are in long exposure form behind the sign. Aurora borealis with red auroral pillars above the horizon with a group of trees on the left side of image.
January 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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It’s been real, 2024. Thank you.
Collage of 20 photos I captured in 2024. Photos include bright, vivid auroras, a total solar eclipse, storm clouds, tornadoes, a wolf, moose, Milky Way, and a comet. All in random order.
December 31, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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Here is said tornado that was chased on Saturday
Tornado Large wedge tornado behind trees near Bude, Mississippi. Large wedge tornado behind trees and a house near Bude, Mississippi.
December 31, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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I chased tornadoes in Mississippi on Saturday. This is my view back home in South Dakota today.
December 31, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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Can’t forget the sundogs after the sun rose!
Sundog over a rural snow covered field, a farm building, and trees after sunrise in Watertown, SD on December 11, 2024. Sundogs and the sun (middle) over a rural snow covered field and fencing in Watertown, SD on December 11, 2024. Sundogs and the sun (middle) and a one way yield sign on a snow covered highway in Watertown, SD on December 11, 2024.
December 12, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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Light pillars this morning in Watertown, South Dakota. This stuff never gets old.

#sdwx #atoptics #photography
Variety of color of light pillars at this airport in the distance. December 11, 2024. Driving toward light pillars shining tall looking west. December 11, 2024. Light pillars looming west over a highway. December 11, 2024 Light pillars overlooking the eastern side of Watertown. December 11, 2024
December 12, 2024 at 1:17 AM
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Crazy to think I captured these photos just in South Dakota this year
A tornado crossing a road with storm chasers positioning ahead of it just before sunset in rural northern South Dakota. Photo captured on August 28, 2024 near the town of Mound City. Bright green, pink, and yellow aurora borealis over a prairie church and cemetery northwest of Watertown, South Dakota on May 11, 2024. Noctilucent clouds over an hour after sunset looking northwest over the dark rural landscape northwest of Watertown, South Dakota on July 1, 2024. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the night sky over rural eastern South Dakota on October 14, 2024.
December 10, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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Beam me up, Scotty! Incredible display of light pillars last night in Watertown, South Dakota.

The -20°F wind chill and strong winds were brutal but it was great to get back in the elements after a long month of not picking up my camera.

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Light pillars shining high behind a grove of trees and hay bales in the rural countryside of South Dakota. Wind blown snow and very cold temperatures made for a great display of light refractions. Shot near Watertown, SD on December 4, 2024. A lone tree without its leaves, snow on the ground, and distant light pillars in rural countryside outside of Watertown, South Dakota on December 4, 2024.
December 6, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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A large tornado ripping through farmland near Harlan, Iowa. By far the craziest storm chase of my life.
Photo of a grungy, large tornado spinning through farmland and rural communities in western Iowa. A lone storm chaser on a main road behind the tornado drives to get closer to the tornado as a water tower indicating a nearby town dodges narrowly close by. Near Harlan, Iowa on April 26, 2024.
December 4, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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It felt like I was in a snow globe tonight in Watertown, South Dakota. A great start to December!
December 2, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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Lock Screen 🌪️
Tornado photo on phone lock screen
November 30, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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Nights under the aurora never get old
Photo of greens and pinks of the aurora borealis combining over an abandoned prairie church in northeast South Dakota on October 7, 2024.
November 27, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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11 miles too far east. Brutal 😬
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November 24, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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There’s nothing quite like supercells in the High Plains
Photo of a supercell thunderstorm over orange/brown landscape and an abandoned building near Lubbock, Texas on May 17, 2021. Photo of a supercell thunderstorm over a prairie field at sunset with purple/pink hues near Garden City, Kansas on May 24, 2021. Photo of a supercell thunderstorm illuminated by lightning with stars above over a rural farm field near Broken Bow, Nebraska on July 11, 2023. Photo of a supercell thunderstorm with the setting sun below casting a bright orange sky behind the storm and a bright red barn near Mound City, South Dakota on August 28, 2024.
November 24, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Some of my most sentimental shots from 2024 📸
Photo of a total solar eclipse (moon completely blocking the sun) with corona visible near Poplar Bluff, Missouri on April 8, 2024. Photo of the aurora borealis directly over a prairie church near Watertown, South Dakota on May 10, 2024. Photo of a lightning bolt and rainbow combining for a spectacular display at sunset in Watertown, South Dakota on July 31, 2024. Photo of a tall, photogenic tornado as it crossed a country road next to storm chasers near sunset southwest of Mound City, South Dakota on August 28, 2024.
November 22, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Winter is coming.
Photo of a snowy scene at a truck stop in Watertown, South Dakota on December 15, 2022 with a line of semi trucks stranded as blizzard conditions overtake a person walking in front of a semi with its headlights on. Photo of a street sign covered by snow with one avenue exposed showing what the avenue is called while the rest of the landscape is completely snow covered. Photo captured near Summit, South Dakota on January 24, 2023. Photo of the sun with bright sun dogs and and a circumzenithal arc above the sun. There are hay bales in the snow covered foreground. Photo captured near Waverly, South Dakota on January 24, 2022. Photo at night with a hotel as the center subject with bright white light pillars shining tall behind the hotel with a snow covered foreground. Photo captured in Watertown, South Dakota on January 12, 2024.
November 19, 2024 at 2:20 AM