Weather Photos from Australia
 

The Australian Weather Bureau publishes what it considers the best photographs of weather each year. Attached are the winning images from 2012. Enjoy ...
Image 1: January: An electrical storm perfectly complements fireworks launched to mark Australia Day 2012 celebrations in Perth, in a stunning shot by Matthew Titmanis
Image 2: February: A thunderstorm sweeps over the Melbourne suburb of Carrum Downs, captured by Flavio Bonicelli
Image 3: March: Sunset highlights streets of stratocumulus over Buninyong, central Victoria by Keith Day
Image 4: April: Majesty and threat - A cumulonimbus with anvil seen beyond wind turbines at Burra, SA by photographer Helen Simpson
Image 5: May: Ship in sea fog off McCrae, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, by photographer Meredith Banhidi
Image 6: June: In the wake of a thunderstorm, hail blankets paddocks at Marong, Victoria by John Allen
Image 7: July: A squall line associated with a thunderstorm over Era Beach, south of Sydney by photographer Bruce Cooper
Image 8: August: The ethereal beauty of a mist bow and fog at Mount Anne in Tasmania by Grant Dixon
Image 9: September: A massive dust storm rolls over the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia, in this stunning photograph by Peter MacDonald
Image 10: October: A thunderstorm threatens the Gold Coast, Queensland by photographer Ann Van Breemen
Image 11: November: The shadows of cumulus clouds dapple the parallel dunes of the Simpson Desert by Steve Strike
Image 12: December: Lightning illuminates a cumulonimbus cloud over Corio Bay, Victoria by James Collier

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