Christopher Ison’s photograph of Storm Eunice and Zhenhuan Zhou’s shot of Niagara Falls lined in ice have taken the highest prizes within the Royal Meteorological Society’s annual competitors
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14 December 2022
A STORM captured in full fury and one of many world’s most well-known waterfalls coated in ice have received first and second prize respectively within the Royal Meteorological Society’s annual Climate Photographer of the Yr competitors.

Christopher Ison
Christopher Ison’s photograph Storm Eunice (pictured above) captures the second that the eponymous storm hit the port of Newhaven within the UK at excessive tide on 17 February. Eunice, one of many UK’s worst storms since 1987, noticed winds gust at as much as 196 kilometres per hour. It met the standards for a “climate bomb”, often known as explosive cyclogenesis, brought on when air strain falls quickly.
Ison mentioned that when he realized the storm was chargeable for the primary ever pink warning for the south coast, he knew he “needed to discover a spot to file it – this was going to be huge!”

Zhenhuan Zhou
Zhenhuan Zhou’s Frozen (pictured above) reveals elements of Niagara Falls lined in ice, a phenomenon attributable to mist and spray freezing excessive of the waterfall, although water continues to move beneath the ice.
Niagara Falls’ waters did cease as soon as, in March 1848, when sturdy winds pushed ice from Lake Erie into the supply of the Niagara river, blocking it utterly.
Zhou’s {photograph} captures the beautiful element of the icicles on a constructing and the rock face. They’re many metres lengthy and appear to be stalactites.
All 22 of the shortlisted pictures could be seen on the Royal Meteorological Society’s website: rmets.org/photography.
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