Bureau of Meteorology release the photographs that will feature in the 2016 Australian Weather Calendar

THE Bureau of Meteorology has released the photographs that will feature in the 2016 Australian Weather Calendar and the results are captivating to say the least.

In outback South Australia, this photographer saw his first dust storm and decided to grab a snap. Pictured Graham Nicholls.

THE Bureau of Meteorology has released the photographs that will feature in the 2016 Australian Weather Calendar and the results are captivating to say the least.

To celebrate the wonderful images capturing some of Australia’s most memorising weather events, we have compiled the 12 selected photographs for you to enjoy.

This was originally going to be a picture of lightning near Mt Bryan in South Australia, but when this towering dust devil appeared it stole the show. Picture: Jacob Elliot.

Captured on the bank of Lake Pamamaroo in New South Wales as the photographer waited for sunset. Picture: Tony Derix.

Sunshine Coast Airport employee was on the tarmac waiting for an aircraft when he saw a shelf cloud loom in from the southwest. Picture: Shane Loweke.

In outback South Australia, this photographer saw his first dust storm and decided to grab a snap. Pictured Graham Nicholls.

Working in magnetite mines around Western Australia can be dull at times, but not when wispy formations known as cirrus clouds appear in the sky. Picture: Casper Smit.

A man and his wife spotted this rare phenomenon known as a Fallstreak hole over eastern Victoria. Picture: David Barton.

While in her backyard in Walcha, New South Wales, this girl captured these frozen dewdrops. Picture: Tasha Chawner

Standing on the top of his apartment building in Mascot, this gentleman was able to capture this mammatus cloud as it rolled over head. Picture: Kurt Ams

Morning glory roll cloud passing over Sweers Island in Queensland. Picture: Tex Battle

While in a helicopter with the sunset behind him and a rain shower ahead, this photographer was able to capture a full-circle rainbow over Cottesloe Beach in Western Australia. Pictured Colin Leonhardt/

During the ‘wet’ season, the Australian tropics put on some amazing weather events, like this one. Picture: Cathryn Vasseleu.