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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas
NASA ^
| November 23, 2014
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 11/23/2014 11:41:49 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: The scene might have been considered serene if it weren't for the tornado. During 2004 in Kansas, storm chaser Eric Nguyen photographed this budding twister in a different light -- the light of a rainbow. Featured here, a white tornado cloud descends from a dark storm cloud. The Sun, peeking through a clear patch of sky to the left, illuminates some buildings in the foreground. Sunlight reflects off raindrops to form a rainbow. By coincidence, the tornado appears to end right over the rainbow. Streaks in the image are hail being swept about by the high swirling winds. Over 1,000 tornadoes, the most violent type of storm known, occur on Earth every year, many in tornado alley. If you see a tornado while driving, do not try to outrun it -- park your car safely, go to a storm cellar, or crouch under steps in a basement.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Outdoors; Weather
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; kansas; science
[Credit & Copyright: Eric Nguyen (Oklahoma U.), www.mesoscale.ws]
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posted on
11/23/2014 11:41:49 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
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posted on
11/23/2014 11:43:01 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Yikes...somebody else is going to have go after that pot of gold.
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posted on
11/23/2014 11:46:23 AM PST
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BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv
That reminds me of a certain movie...
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posted on
11/23/2014 12:06:54 PM PST
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Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: SunkenCiv
Back in 1966 in Kansas City, I was at a friends house while it was raining. The rain stopped and the sun came out so I headed for home. To the west was this huge white tornado. When I decided it wasn’t moving directly toward me I continued to watch. Most spectacular sight ever.
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posted on
11/23/2014 12:14:56 PM PST
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Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Telepathic Intruder
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posted on
11/23/2014 12:43:49 PM PST
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mikrofon
(Toto Agreement ;)
To: Telepathic Intruder; SunkenCiv; mikrofon
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
11/23/2014 1:18:23 PM PST
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Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: Starstruck
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posted on
11/23/2014 1:31:19 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I remember those Ajax commercials.
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posted on
11/23/2014 2:35:26 PM PST
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Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: SunkenCiv
That’s pretty neat. Too exciting, though. Too exciting. :-)
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posted on
11/23/2014 2:36:34 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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