"The Whale's Mouth" is the first piece in my "Atmøs" NFT collection. This is a series celebrating the elements in full flow. How small we all are in comparison. I love nothing more than capturing their unrestrained might at work.
This particular piece depicts a rare "Whale's Mouth" cloud formation/thunderstorm that threw lightning bolts, fierce winds, tornadoes, and hailstones the size of tennis balls across the East Coast of the US in 2018.
One of nature's most alarming and astonishing phenomena, the shelf cloud looming over Manhattan, is often referred to as a 'whale's mouth' since the dark and ribbed formations give the impression of being consumed by a giant whale.
Regarded as one of the most severe weather events on record to pass through the Hudson Valley, I wanted this NFT to expand on the story depicted in the image. Using the token itself as a canvas, I have inscribed details associated with the storm (pooled from news & area weather reports from the area) into the metadata.
This link that NFT's provide, a blend between art and technology, forms a unique record of a rare atmospheric event now immortalised on the blockchain.
