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Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas
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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| Date | November 23, 2014 |
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| Credit | Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Nguyen ( Oklahoma U. ), www.mesoscale.ws |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |