The Royal Meteorological Society and The Royal Photographic Society have announced the shortlist for the 2017 Weather Photographer of the Year, and the pictures are phenomenal. Almost 2,000 photographers submitted from over 60 countries, reports the International Business Times.
The call for the 2017 competition was for photos “depicting weather from around the world showing weather phenomena such as clouds, lightning, rain, fog or snow, and the impact of weather on mankind, cities and the natural landscape,” according to IBT. The entries were judged anonymously.
The Weather Photographer of the Year exhibition will go on tour around the U.K. during 2017 and 2018, but check out some of the images below.
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Mik-Dogherty-Misty-Corfe-1.jpg?resize=800%2C343)
Misty Corfe (Mik Dogherty)
Mik Dogherty
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Craig-Boehm-Little-House-on-the-Praire-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533)
Little Church on the Prairie (Craig Boehm)
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Alex-Ponniah-Lightning-Across-Bay-1.jpg?resize=800%2C512)
Lightning across the bay (Alex Ponniah)
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Mike-Olbinski-The-Katie-Wynnewood-Tornado-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533)
The Katie/Wynnewood Tornado (Mike Olbinski)
Mike Olbinski
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Michele-Palazzo-Flatiron-Building-in-the-Blizzard-1.jpg?resize=800%2C530)
Flatiron Building in the blizzard (Michele Palazzo)
Michele Palazzo
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Paul-Kingston-Monster-from-the-Deep-1.jpg?resize=800%2C534)
Monster from the deep (Paul Kingston)
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![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Mike-Olbinski-Superstrike-e1505332132601-1.jpg?resize=800%2C450)
Superstrike (Mike Olbinski)
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Paul-Kingston-Winter-Woolies-1.jpg?resize=800%2C534)
Winter Woolies (Paul Kingston)
North News & Pictures Ltd
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Fedor-Lashkov-Excitement-in-the-Sky.jpg?resize=800%2C639)
Excitement in the sky (Fedor Lashkov)
LASHKOV FEDOP
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Akimova-Olga-Andreevna-The-Greatness-of-Heaven-1.jpg?resize=800%2C530)
The Greatness of Heaven (Akimova Olga Akimova)
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Debarshi-Mukherjee-City-Life-in-Rains-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533)
City Life in Rains (Debarshi Mukherjee)
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Kasia-Nowak-Bled-in-Blizzard-0913-1.jpg?resize=800%2C534)
Bled in Blizzard (Kasia Nowak)
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Paul-Jacobs-Lightning-Storm-1-1.jpg?resize=800%2C502)
Lightning as the Sun Rises (Paul Jacobs)
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Daniel-Winter-Rain-in-the-desert-2017-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533)
Rain in the desert (Daniel Winter)
Daniel winter- Art photo
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Melvin-Nicholson-Fogbow-1.jpg?resize=800%2C547)
Fogbow, Rannoch Moor, Scotland (Melvin Nicholson)
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Manolis-Thravolos-Tropical-Samos-1.jpg?resize=800%2C529)
Tropical Samos (Manolis Thravalos)
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Steve-Oldfield-Crosthwaite-Church-1.jpg?resize=800%2C521)
Crosthwaite Church (Steve Oldfield)
Steve Oldfield
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/John-Finney-Minnesota-shelf-cloud-1.jpg?resize=800%2C306)
Minnesota shelf cloud (John Finney)
John Finney
![Weather Photographer of the Year 2017](https://www.insidehook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Paul-Kingston-Autumnal-Fog-1.jpg?resize=800%2C524)
Autumnal fog (Paul Kingston)
North News & Pictures Ltd
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