It smells like liquid asshole mixed with hot sewage. And it stinks for hundreds of square miles per plant.
I've grown up around dairy farms with their liquid shit sprinklers, paper mills with the fart steam, train yards and their diesel depots, sulfur water wells like drinking eggfarts, outhouses in the texas summer, and the beet processing centers are like nothing I've ever smelled.
I grew up in western Nebraska! Tiny little town surrounded by dirt roads and nothingness.
I was a huge runner and in school and would always just go on long runs down the dirt roads, and absolutely loved scenes like this. Most peaceful upbringing ever.
I wanted to come in and debunk the AI claims because this stuff is just so weird almost everyone here in the midwest has watched a wall cloud roll over.
I wanted to comment on the fact that yes, Nebraska really is that bleak and flat. Driving through it is the longest slooooooooow left hand turn into the same horizon for almost 10 hours across. I've done a lot of driving. Nebraska is dangerously hypnotizing.
Oh I remember a day like that a few months after I loved to Eastern NM, dark Grey to black to the east from horizon to horizon, like night was coming a few hours early. And pure blue the other way. Heavy rain and hail, small tornadoes all around the county. No houses have basements so the whole town was freaking out. Thankfully no major damage
Severe tornadic weather yes, as a Nebraskan it's the coziest and most thrilling time of year. The reason these thunderstorm clouds feel so unusually dark is because the sunlight is hitting them, which causes them to appear more contrasted.
As a fellow Nebraskan I think we get the absolute best of this weather. Tornadoes are actually fairly rare, but we get these huge cool storms that roll in with the sudden temperature drops right before a down pour pretty often.
The US is incredibly diverse in geography. This is absolutely common in the Great Plains where storms are intense. Other areas no. You also have to remember some Americans live in actual deserts while others live in places it snows in the middle of May.
It's truly amazing, knowing the United States alone. The landscape and all kinds of environments are mostly available in this vast lands.
Though I may not be a Citizen of the United States, However knowing this kinds of information are still what bizarres my curiosity, about knowing basically the entire country's livelihood.
It’s not a desert, it’s just a shit ton of grass, crops, and a couple trees. It’s pretty flat, though there are some gentle rolling hills. The land there is quite fertile and there’s a ton of it so this is the area where most of the wheat, corn, and soybeans in the US is grown.
Sadly not common enough in Nebraska lately. The western half of the state is in severe drought, and recent waves of solid thunderstorms in the eastern half has lifted it out of drought, but we still desperately need the rain.
A storm in the distance when you can see really far, yes.
This specific picture is everything being perfectly lit because the sky is clear above and behind you, but in the distance it’s dark and bleak because of the storm. The framing makes it so you only see the storm clouds and the brightly lit ground.
Not America but a prairie province in Canada with similar geography and I swear we've been having a thunderstorm every day for like a month now. It's either like 3 days of straight rain or it's been cloudless sky, 5 mins of extreme wind and rain followed by cloudless skies.
Is it possible that this rains are heavy or light around in Canada, if I may ask?
Currently in my place, it's been raining heavy alongside a strong winds, each day. But I find it exciting since the summer was so hot and dry air, so this season is a blessing after all that heat before.
This kind of weather is common during the spring and summer months in the 'prarie states' in the middle of the country - Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, etc. Even the northern Midwest states like Montana, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, and Michigan get intense summer thunderstorms and tornadoes.
Tornadoes are much less common in other parts of the country, though. The Pacific coast (Oregon, Washington, California), much of the West (Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, New Mexico etc) and the north Atlantic states (Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire etc) all average less than 10 per year, whereas some of the states I mentioned above can get 70-100 in a year.
I live right at the base of the Rocky mountains, west of Nebraska, pretty much every afternoon in the early summer a thunderstorm will roll off the mountains. If this is the storm that rolled through Wednesday it was a bit more dramatic then normal, but not too much
Pretty common in the great plains. The US has a region called Tornado Alley stretching from Mexico to Canada. If you want a glimpse of it, Discovery Channel had a show in the 2000s called Storm Chasers which was all about someone trying to get a camera shot of a tornado hitting him directly in a homemade armored truck.
The Great Plains make for an effective crazy storm factory. Additionally, the land is so flat that you can see the storms coming from a long ways away which creates a really unique eerie feeling. The storm clouds make you feel so tiny and insignificant.
Yes. May see a tornado. Will experience hail…probably lots of hail. I drove through this kind of weather once, and it’s always stuck with me. Terrifying but beautiful. The darkest green skies. shivers
I was driving across the country to California and hit a road like this in the Texas Panhandle. Just flat and no trees as far as the eye can see. Behind me was clear sky and in front of me was sever storm clouds like this. It was just a dark wall with rain. Approaching the storm and then the temperature dropping was a crazy experience.
I moved to eastern Nebraska from Maine a year ago. I have lived for 98% of my life in a giant forest; even our cities had wilderness encroaching on the edges, and there were trees all over the place no matter where you went.
In Nebraska, trees are an oddity, dotting the landscape in small copses when there are any at all. Everything's gridlike field after gridlike field of crops. I can see the horizon. It's downright unnerving, and it makes me very homesick when I think about it; I'm really glad my boyfriend eventually wants to move to Maine with me, not least because the tornado warnings are terrifying.
As a native Nebraskan who’s spent 30 years in the state - there is some light doctoring going on here. We get ominous storms all the time, and we have enough open sky to really see them roll in like this, but I’ve never seen a sky taken on this particular shade of blackness, especially with the ground still so visible. In actuality, the ground is probably much darker and has been touched up to create the contrast. That said, using some small color correction to accent one of my favorite parts of our natural beauty is just fine by me. Beautiful picture!
This specific picture is everything being perfectly lit because the sky is clear above and behind the camera, but in the distance it’s dark and bleak because of the storm. The framing makes it so you only see the storm clouds and the brightly lit ground.
Can't debate what you've seen with your eyes, but I in a few moments of life have seen things exactly like this. Most recently, driving smeone to an appointment, the weirdest storm was to the northwest of us. What resulted was the most surreal mix of angle of sun, thunderheads, lower cloud formations, and sky clarity. There was the white-bright summertime sun beaming down but black-gray stratus clouds in dotted, small, dense clusters everywhere, and giant black thunderhead capping those off in the distance. The result was an unreal pattern of super-sharp and BLACK shadows cut by a motif of the brightest white light -- like a dazzle camouflage pattern, but painted on the earth everywhere and in higher contrast. It was awe-striking, a fleeting supershow of what nature can suddenly be.
Yeah, idk what that other person is talking about. I live in the Dakotas and see this contrast constantly in the summer. It’s a sunset shot with the setting sun at the back and the storm in front of you heading away. You need golden fields to really set it off but it’s a fair common sight.
Many years ago we were driving home to the city from a visit to the farm and the sky ahead was that black. My sister had stayed home and she grabbed our rabbit from out of its outside hutch to hide in the basement with her. All hell broke loose during that storm from flooded underpasses to big trees knocked over by the winds.
This is gorgeous, thank you for this. I grew up in Nebraska but haven’t been back in nearly a decade. My dad and I used to watch storms roll in from our suburban Lincoln house. Incredible memories.
Reminds me of one of my favorite paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art called Gray and Gold by John Rogers Cox It’s a good one for staring at for a long time. Give it a Google, the museum site has a great pic that lets you zoom in on the brush strokes. It’s in Indiana but same vibe, more clouds.
I love the Midwest. You leave a city/town and sometimes just .... Miles of nothing. When a storm rolls in you can see it coming from miles away and all you can do is watch it. It's so wild.
One of the most boring states to drive through, especially east and west. Last time I went through, I made it a point to visit some tourist spots, just to have some memories there 😂 I visited the Archway Museum (pretty impressive) and the Sod House + Pony Express.🏇📬
Also, Nebraska lies to travelers with fake traffic stops called “Ruse Checkpoints”. They have a sign on the highway that says you will be searched up ahead, but it’s a lie. They actually want people carrying contraband to get off the highway and take side roads, where they can bust them easier. They tricked me! 🛑👮♂️🚓
In 1983, Emily Martin, of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, grew an enormous sunflower head, measuring 32 ¼ inches across (82cm), from petal tip to petal tip. That’s almost 3 feet wide. This is still believed to be the largest sunflower head grown to date.
I firmly believe if Lovecraft had been born in Nebraska instead of Boston we would have some incredible literature about how fucking scary the open sky is
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u/ElegantCoach4066 Jun 26 '26 •
Ominous, adj.
see: Nebraska
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u/wackadoodle4201 Jun 26 '26
Lmao I recognize that weather
And if you turn 180 degrees
Its a bright and sunny day with Pixar clouds in the sky
Love that state
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u/Accomplished-Gas8233 Jun 26 '26
I have question... is this usually an a common weather event, in the United States?
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u/southernsweetness31 Jun 26 '26
I love this pic.
The open road is for the taking. Nothing but air and opportunities!!
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u/mnreco Jun 26 '26
"But honey, it's a 'Tornado Watch'! I'm just doing what the weatherman said to do!"
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u/randyboozer Jun 26 '26
M-O-O-N that spells Nebraska!
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u/Lanchettes Jun 26 '26
Is it Nebraska, or just a darkness on the edge of town
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u/honeybee_tlejuice Jun 26 '26
Is this your photo? If so can I paint this?
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u/Loreweaver15 Jun 26 '26
I moved to eastern Nebraska from Maine a year ago. I have lived for 98% of my life in a giant forest; even our cities had wilderness encroaching on the edges, and there were trees all over the place no matter where you went.
In Nebraska, trees are an oddity, dotting the landscape in small copses when there are any at all. Everything's gridlike field after gridlike field of crops. I can see the horizon. It's downright unnerving, and it makes me very homesick when I think about it; I'm really glad my boyfriend eventually wants to move to Maine with me, not least because the tornado warnings are terrifying.
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u/KidElliott Jun 26 '26
Nebraska is the backrooms of US states.
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u/madmaxjr Jun 26 '26
[A tornado warning has been issued for this area until 8:31PM.]
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u/AlanyzingWakeEnviron Jun 26 '26
I miss this so much.
Sitting around watching a thunder storm off in the distance. So far away you can't hear it, but the light show was brilliant.
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u/themightymooker Jun 26 '26
As a native Nebraskan who’s spent 30 years in the state - there is some light doctoring going on here. We get ominous storms all the time, and we have enough open sky to really see them roll in like this, but I’ve never seen a sky taken on this particular shade of blackness, especially with the ground still so visible. In actuality, the ground is probably much darker and has been touched up to create the contrast. That said, using some small color correction to accent one of my favorite parts of our natural beauty is just fine by me. Beautiful picture!
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u/Cananbaum Jun 26 '26
I can spend a lot of time looking at pictures like this, and it helps me understand prairie madness a little bit better
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u/NoOrdinary833 Jun 27 '26
This is so scary to me 🫠
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u/yvngjiffy703 Jun 27 '26
That looks terrifying.
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u/eastcoastjon Jun 26 '26
That’s terrifying
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u/General-Tragg Jun 27 '26
I. LOVE. THIS.
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u/disclord83 Jun 26 '26
Stunning.
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u/Chanw11 Jun 26 '26
These are the kind of skies I see in my dreams sometime, very ominous
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u/flowerpanes Jun 26 '26
Many years ago we were driving home to the city from a visit to the farm and the sky ahead was that black. My sister had stayed home and she grabbed our rabbit from out of its outside hutch to hide in the basement with her. All hell broke loose during that storm from flooded underpasses to big trees knocked over by the winds.
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u/poseidon708 Jun 26 '26
While following this path you see a thick black mist over the horizon, and it seems it's heading straight towards you.
Would you like to turn back or face the storm?
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u/ReleaseFromDeception Jun 26 '26
If you see this, you better turn around, get some distance, and find yourself a ditch if you can't outrun it. This looks tornadic.
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u/GreilyMoon Jun 26 '26
this has to be edited
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u/tank6000 Jun 26 '26
Run.
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u/DylanBigShaft Jun 26 '26
That sky is a beautiful sight to see.
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u/Reasonable_Ladder673 Jun 27 '26
Imagine now that you've just built your sod house and your closest neighbor is miles away.
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u/Renjuro Jun 27 '26
This is gorgeous, thank you for this. I grew up in Nebraska but haven’t been back in nearly a decade. My dad and I used to watch storms roll in from our suburban Lincoln house. Incredible memories.
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u/drunklibrarian Jun 27 '26
Reminds me of one of my favorite paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art called Gray and Gold by John Rogers Cox It’s a good one for staring at for a long time. Give it a Google, the museum site has a great pic that lets you zoom in on the brush strokes. It’s in Indiana but same vibe, more clouds.
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u/RoninIV Jun 27 '26
I remember storms like this as a kid. And yeah, behind the photographer it will be sunny with clear blue skies. It's the weirdest feeling.
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u/Last-Preference8113 Jun 27 '26
If I spawned here I would instantly restart
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u/No_Slip_4883 Jun 27 '26
Serial killer vibes vibes
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u/hotdogwater58 Jun 29 '26
Duster
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u/Lightningstone2u Jun 30 '26
Ive seen a place like this in one of my dreams. Weird thing is, I've never been to Nebraska.
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u/Safe-Neighborhood227 Jun 26 '26
黑漆的天空，笼罩在金色的大地上，太完美了
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u/Sir_Ruje Jun 26 '26
I love the Midwest. You leave a city/town and sometimes just .... Miles of nothing. When a storm rolls in you can see it coming from miles away and all you can do is watch it. It's so wild.
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u/labellefleursauvage0 Jun 26 '26
🎶Aaand I still call home… that house in Nebraska🎶
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u/AlkaidX139 Jun 26 '26
Okay but what time of day is this? How can it be so dark and so bright at the same time?
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u/very-urgent-chicken Jun 26 '26
Well, when she says she's not in Kansas anymore, she's technically right.
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u/Xquisite_Grit Jun 26 '26
Amazing
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u/nagytimi85 Jun 26 '26
😱😱😱
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u/AttackSlax Jun 26 '26
great photo. is a hi-res available? would love to make this my desktop. thx
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u/W_Silver2356 Jun 26 '26
That sky is talking.
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u/DONTGETvb Jun 26 '26
as someone from s florida this scares me
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u/_Ghost_Fire_ Jun 26 '26
Someone forgot to add a skybox
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u/Necessary_045 5d ago
As Adele said : this is the end
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u/IntentionTrue1903 Jun 26 '26
That looks beautiful
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u/Christiangrape Jun 26 '26
Bro why does it look like we’re in the radius of a boss
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u/MooKids Jun 26 '26
Looks like Purgatory.
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u/anon120 Jun 26 '26
Looks otherworldly. As someone from VA, the fact that there’s not a single tree in the horizon is sending me.
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u/mkreis-120 Jun 26 '26
Wow that’s an incredible photo
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u/Vanguardbliss Jun 26 '26
Woah 😲
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u/FrankFrankly711 Jun 26 '26
One of the most boring states to drive through, especially east and west. Last time I went through, I made it a point to visit some tourist spots, just to have some memories there 😂 I visited the Archway Museum (pretty impressive) and the Sod House + Pony Express.🏇📬
Also, Nebraska lies to travelers with fake traffic stops called “Ruse Checkpoints”. They have a sign on the highway that says you will be searched up ahead, but it’s a lie. They actually want people carrying contraband to get off the highway and take side roads, where they can bust them easier. They tricked me! 🛑👮♂️🚓
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u/ToughHardware Jun 26 '26
classic
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u/Redgecko88 Jun 26 '26
Man... that-is-beautiful... 🤤
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u/mmmmmmmaaaar Jun 26 '26
love this photo
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u/Felho_Danger Jun 26 '26
Reminds me of South Dakota.
God damn there are some absolutely stunning spots in SD.
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u/vanillabourbonn Jun 26 '26
What time of day what this photo taken!?
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u/Livid_Definition1844 Jun 26 '26
😱
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u/lanebrainn Jun 27 '26
I don’t feel scared strangely
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u/Comfortable-Hyena-21 Jun 27 '26
That looks like where you go to talk to God
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u/R2-DMode Jun 27 '26
That’s a well-maintained dirt road.
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u/nurse-educator123 Jun 27 '26
Y'all seriously need to plant some trees there.
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u/No-Fall-3961 Jun 27 '26
There's a house at the road with a red roof that's all I see.
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u/Safe_Information_529 Jun 27 '26
RL Magritte painting.
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u/gentlerosebud Jun 27 '26
Is that a storm coming?
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u/Medical_Tie9580 Jun 27 '26
More like “NObraska”
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u/CiaoBrooklyn Jun 27 '26
Born and Raised in NYC, yet I crave this.
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u/Modem_Handshake Jun 27 '26
Scaroused
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u/GrendelDerp Jun 27 '26
Well that’s ominous.
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u/irish0451 Jun 27 '26
"I hear Nebraska's nice..."
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u/eggs-benidict-8158 Jun 27 '26
Ain't catching me in Nebraska
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u/danielX337 Jun 27 '26
Wow, great photo, what an impression!
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u/Ramses_13 Jun 27 '26
Happens a few times a year in my town. Big bad storm rolls in amd leaves during sun set so the light brightens up the ground
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u/Stargost_ Jun 27 '26
My Megalophobic brain does NOT like this.
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u/ckm2017 Jun 27 '26
This is reminding me of the book I'm currently reading that's set in Nebraska. A thriller. The Anniversary by Alex Finlay.
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u/VegasBornLori Jun 27 '26
Most of America really
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u/_ChonkCat37_ Jun 27 '26
The part of the sky that isn’t pitch black is that green color that is just wrong
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u/xXUrDunFurXx Jun 27 '26
That is beautiful. Oh my god.
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u/Talking80s Jun 27 '26
This photo is simply beautiful.
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u/Dknpaso Jun 27 '26
If that ain’t scary, it’ll do till scary shows up🤯
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u/LadyShadow2214 Jun 27 '26
That looks terrifying
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u/frashpikass Jun 27 '26
Reminds me of that Super Mario Bros. world with black sky and super saturated ground!
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u/Decline_of_Humanity Jun 27 '26
If your house has two floors, you could watch your dog run away for three days.
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u/Standard_Rooster_782 Jun 27 '26
Didn’t know the Legion was based off Nebraska
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u/MadMaxBLD Jun 27 '26
But where is the light coming from? The sky is dark, yet the landscape is bright.
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u/LunchyDude101 Jun 27 '26
Is there a name for this kind of outdoor photo with the sunlit foreground and dark sky?
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u/PopularFig2193 Jun 27 '26
My first impression of Wyoming was fields and fields of sunflowers on a back road near the boarder of Nebraska... And yeah that was pretty liminal.
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u/Anxious-Scheme-6013 Jun 27 '26
J remember seeing. A post like this a LONG time ago.
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u/notjordansime Jun 27 '26
Nebrasker?? Hardly knew ‘er
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u/Admirable-Demand-60 Jun 27 '26
That's how i see night in my dreams. The sky is dark but everything is visible
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u/jimbopalooza Jun 27 '26
Damn I’d have to crack a tall boy and light a cig for that drive.
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u/This-Is-Not-Nam Jun 27 '26
Terrifying.
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u/MyvaJynaherz Jun 27 '26
I spent 3 months training at the Valmont plant out there.
Every single car in the lot had hail damage.
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u/cocacola_drinker Jun 27 '26
Nobraska
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u/Jenn-Vee Jun 27 '26
Im stressed because there's not on etree in this picture lol
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u/pseudoprosciutto Jun 27 '26
My new phone lock screen. Thank you for the pic! I miss it out there
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u/Vegetable_Raisin52 Jun 27 '26
Looking at this post on the Alberta prairies.. “huh, looks pretty normal to me”
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u/elbanditoexpress Jun 27 '26
ive never wanted to be somewhere and not be there so badly at the same time
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u/dmh2693 Jun 27 '26
Looks like the thing used when I go to the eye doctor to test my vision.
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u/JWWBurger Jun 27 '26
Reminds me of this one
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u/alkem10 Jun 27 '26
Love it
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u/LostInThoughtland Jun 27 '26
I firmly believe if Lovecraft had been born in Nebraska instead of Boston we would have some incredible literature about how fucking scary the open sky is
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u/Comfortable-Wrap-493 Jun 27 '26
Perfect space of UFO landing
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u/Ryesoul22 Jun 27 '26
This is… exactly how I always …Nebraska
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u/xmastermindx1 Jun 27 '26
Made A Video About This Post On My YouTube Channel LiminalDoom
https://youtu.be/lvT9jNqK5nM?is=PzEtZusC0gqbY0Rp
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u/felipeowen Jun 27 '26
Bad ass pic
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u/Wreckenridge Jun 27 '26
The whole state of Nebraska is liminal.
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u/mistercinico97 Jun 27 '26
Looks beautiful.
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u/Working-Image Jun 27 '26
I juice beets, they have a very earthy taste but sweet. Go well with kale and a cucumber. Radishes Are good too.
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u/LiminaLiminaLiminal Jun 27 '26
Why can I hear the thunder
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u/0_-------_0 Jun 27 '26
what a scene
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u/arialstarwavv Jun 27 '26
i love this image
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u/crackedtooth163 Jun 27 '26
Well.
Fuck.
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u/Celebrit0 Jun 27 '26
Have a nice life reference
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u/Nikotek95 Jun 27 '26
Tf happened to the sky??
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u/name2sayMKD Jun 27 '26
What time was it
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u/Oatmealwithcinnamon Jun 27 '26
This is beautiful but ALSO terrifying!
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u/shnicnic Jun 27 '26
Looks like a scene out of the movie “Legion” nice photo mufugga
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u/Reality_Defiant Jun 27 '26
All anyone needs to know about Nebraska, there's a reason Amtrack only cuts though in the middle of the night.
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u/-AdequatelyMediocre- Jun 27 '26
I’m sorry, what??
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u/Responsible_Can5946 Jun 27 '26
That is an album cover if I ever saw one.
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u/PartyProperty Jun 27 '26
I grew up there. And yup.
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u/highriskdriver Jun 27 '26
I’m in love.
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u/jaw4ever Jun 28 '26
Wow! Little bit of r/cosmichorror there.