Hank Vlietstra

I have this same handle on most platforms, FlatlanderHank. Landscape-photos, Weather-watcher, Science-stories. Hiker, Backcountry explorer, SK Family-man.

[Hank Vlietstra @FlatlanderHank]

#BearCub
1:40PM October 3rd, near Saskatchewan’s Peck Lake

#BlackBear

I never did see the Mom…. 😬

[Albert Dros @albertdrosphoto]

Yesterday's very early morning moonset in the Netherlands. Such a calm atmosphere with the moon setting on top of the windmills with the countryside covered in fog.

[Jeremy Rand @Jeremyrand101]

lightning ignited the hay bank! #mbstorm

[Braydon Morisseau @BraydonMoreSo]

Tornado as it crossed the road south of Carman, Manitoba #mbstorm @weathernetwork

[Gord Follett Photography @gord_follett]

I always loved this place from the first time I saw it. This is my favourite composition of the Gooseberry Cove Sea Arch to date. I'm hoping to try something a little different in the near future. Love those calm foggy days!

[Alex Masse @CAlexMasse]

This ridiculousness happened a year ago.

[Craig Shimala @cshimala]

Sunday's near full moon creeping through the clouds just above the Sears Tower in Chicago.

[Jaden Pappenheim @PappenheimWx]

Omg you can’t make this up. Rolled a 5 second exposure right as a bolt hit and made it look like daytime. Insane night!

[Alex Resel 📸 @aresel_]

Incredible mothership supercell last night near Centerville, South Dakota!

Some of the best structure I’ve ever seen and had a tornado to top it off.

#sdwx

[Craig Shimala @cshimala]

Saturday night’s view of the Chicago skyline from 32 miles across Lake Michigan at the Indiana Dunes State Park. Look at that looming mirage action!

[Matthew Cappucci @MatthewCappucci]

My mother’s video of her first tornado intercept… this is hilarious. 🤣

Listen with the audio on.

“Get out!? He said we’re getting out!?” 🤣🤣🤣

[Backpirch Weather @BackpirchCrew]

At this exact minute in 2013, the immense and erratic El Reno tornado touched down.

With winds of up to ~313 MPH in its sub-vortices, it produced some of the most extreme radar velocity imagery of all time.

[Tanner Charles 🌪 @TannerChasing]

Another quick video of the Centerville, SD tornado as it was crossing right in front! #sdwx

[Ken James @openshutter21]

This was one of those photos that I kept coming back to this spot until I finally got a sky that fit the scene.

[Nick Krasznavolgyi @NickKrasz_Wx]

On this day in 2022, I witnessed an incredible spectacle, a tornado developing directly overhead. It touched down about half a mile away, and this 30-second timelapse condenses 14 minutes of footage showing the circulation swirling above me. This was a top moment for me.

[Chris Ratzlaff 🇨🇦🏔️🌾 @ratzlaff]

Before the pandemic, I used to walk to work daily across Calgary's🇨🇦 Peace Bridge!

[YEGWAVE @yegwave]

This is what Banff Sunshine Village currently looks like ❄️ 🇨🇦

[Hank Vlietstra @FlatlanderHank]

Rosetown #SkStorm
Saskatchewan Canada

[Hank Vlietstra @FlatlanderHank]

Current view of Zealandia #skstorm

[Matthijs Adriaanse @Thijsadrmat]

Rain cloud above Rotterdam. #noodweer #onweer #bui #rotterdam #climate

[Michael Snyder @SeattleWXGuy]

Massive wall of Dust arrives with Shelf Cloud and Severe Thunderstorm Packing 70+mph winds as it races across Eastern Washington at Sunset near Stratford, WA
May 28th, 2026 #SevereWeather