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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Landspout Tornado over Kansas
NASA ^ | 29 Nov, 2023 | Image Credit & Copyright: Brad Hannon

Posted on 11/29/2023 12:54:05 PM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: Could there be a tornado inside another tornado? In general, no. OK, but could there be a tornado inside a wider dust devil? No again, for one reason because tornados comes down from the sky, but dust devils rise up from the ground. What is pictured is a landspout, an unusual type of tornado known to occur on the edge of a violent thunderstorm. The featured landspout was imaged and identified in Kansas, USA, in June 2019 by an experienced storm chaser. The real tornado is in the center, and the outer sheath was possibly created by large dust particles thrown out from the central tornado. So far, the only planet known to create tornados is Earth, although tornado-like activity has been found on the Sun and dust devils are common on Mars.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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1 posted on 11/29/2023 12:54:05 PM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 11/29/2023 12:54:26 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; Agatsu77; America_Right; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

πŸͺ 🌟 🌌 πŸ”


3 posted on 11/29/2023 12:55:11 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Great picture!


4 posted on 11/29/2023 12:57:45 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MtnClimber

Note to self: Don’t move to the Sun. But any planet other than earth is okay for tornadoes.


5 posted on 11/29/2023 1:13:11 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

The sun is a definite no for me. Even if China Joe (Xao Bi-Dung) gets reelected.


6 posted on 11/29/2023 1:15:27 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Wow.


7 posted on 11/29/2023 1:17:05 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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>> Note to self: Don’t move to the Sun.

> The sun is a definite no for me.

It's only a problem during the daytime. If you go at night it's pretty much cooled down. /blonde

8 posted on 11/29/2023 1:52:50 PM PST by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: dayglored

LEDs and solar panels should solve the problem.


9 posted on 11/29/2023 1:54:52 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

That is an amazing picture.


10 posted on 11/29/2023 2:46:51 PM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! πŸ”­)
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To: dayglored; MtnClimber
It's only a problem during the daytime.

The dark side of the sun!!! I'll have to consider that. It's probably beautiful, lots of stars!!!

And solar energy is very effective there.

11 posted on 11/29/2023 2:51:10 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: MtnClimber
Check this out....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iu0tp873dM

12 posted on 11/29/2023 3:01:50 PM PST by Osage Orange (I miss Rush)
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