Tuesday, May 22, 2007

NATURE'S MIGHTY PICTURES - THE TORNADO







TORNADO
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A violently rotating column of air, in contact with the ground, either pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often (but not always) visible as a funnel cloud.


The scene might have been considered serene if it weren't for the tornado.

PIC 1 - A white tornado cloud descend from a dark storm cloud.

PIC 2 - Monsterous tornadoes rip through the town.

PIC 3 - Tornado Love

PIC 4 - The # 9

PIC 5 - Tornado & Lightning at the same time. Wow!


A tornado generally occurs when high winds within a low pressure system (such as a thunderstorm) cause water vapor in the air to condense in to a condensation funnel cloud. Many less severe tornadoes are not even visible to the human eye. Major tornadoes usually become more visible when the strong winds within the funnel lift up dirt and debris off the Earth's surface. Tornadoes are generally classified as either a land spout (a tornado on land), a water spout (a tornado that forms over water) or a gustnado (a small tornado caused by a strong downburst of wind from a thunderstorm).

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