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Mothership supercell near Imperial in Nebraska, USA, 2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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Nick Moir surveying storm clouds in Texas in 2018.
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A rusting Ford Thunderbird is
swallowed by dust in Texas. Storm chasing in the USA in June, 2018. Credit:Nick Moir
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Shelf cloud in Clovelly, 2000. This was one of the first big shelf clouds photos that Moir took.Credit:Nick Moir
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A house burns in the Glenorie area in 2002. The Glenorie fire surprised Sydney with its sudden ferocity. It is still regarded as the last bad fire inside the Sydney basin. Credit:Nick Moir
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Dead sheep west of Canberra in 2003. They were killed by a fire tornado that swept through the area before causing damage in Canberra itself. Credit:Nick Moir
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Twin tornados in Cope, Colorado, USA, 2018.Credit:Nick Moir
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A local resident of Cheyanne, Wyoming watches one of several destructive tornadoes wander through the nigh plains where they damaged and destroyed several homes, 2018. Credit:Nick Moir
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The tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia in December 2004 is the biggest event Moir has covered, before and since. It remains the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century. Moir says after this “he could not look at the ocean the same way again”. Credit:Nick Moir
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The violent, explosive anger of the 2019 Green Wattle Creek fire roars out of the forest. A Fire and Rescue truck briefly stands in front of the fire, which includes a fire tornado to the left, Orangeville in NSW.Credit:Nick Moir
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“Truck lights blasted past like a spaceship in warp as storms continued throughout the night” says Moir. Texas and Oklahoma, in the US Tornado Alley in 2018. Credit:Nick Moir
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Duffy residents in Canberra sit on the roof of a surviving house while they watch surrounding homes smoulder, 2003.Credit:Nick Moir
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Mothership supercell near Imperial in Nebraska, USA. Moir was storm chasing and this monster appeared a few moments after driving out of rain. Credit:Nick Moir
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Storm chasing in New Mexico in 2022. Moir says this is bolt is known as an CTG, a cloud-to-ground lightening bolt. Credit:Nick Moir
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Kundle/Moto Rural Fire Service deputy Captain Floyd Goodwin deploys hoses moments before being overwhelmed and forced to retreat behind the truck during the Hillvale fire, Hillville, NSW in 2019. Credit:Nick Moir
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New Mexico in 2022 during Moir’s seventh storm chasing trip in the USA. Credit:Nick Moir
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Here Moir was attempting to avoid a Tornado in Nebraska, becoming stuck and then pounded by huge hail, 2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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Firefighters rest after fire tore through their defences and destroyed numerous buildings all around them in Bilpin as the Grose Valley fire hit in 2019. Credit:Nick Moir
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Injured firefighters after being rescued from the damaged and burnt over truck in Forest Glen in Sydney, 2002.Credit:Nick Moir
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Storm chasing near town of Morton in Texas, 2002. Credit:Nick Moir
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