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Snapshot of Joplin thunderstorm that spawned deadly tornado
This satellite image with overlay shows the moment that the storm reached maximum intensity.
The city of Joplin, MO is reeling after a powerful tornado spun through a densely populated part of town on Sunday May 22nd. This image, from GOES East satellite at 2345UTC, shows the storm system moments before spawning the tornado, estimated to have struck shortly before 6:00 pm CST. Many houses, school buildings and the St. John Medical Center sustained major damage.
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Double cloud decks at the Keck telescopes at Mauna Kea
A deck of stratus below and cirrus above. Image by Anthony Watts, June 2001 Elevation 4,145 metres (13,600 ft)
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Burnt orange sunset
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Lenticular clouds on the Coast Range
Lenticular clouds, late afternoon. Taken between Lompoc and Santa Barbara, CA. near Highway 1& 101 junction. Image by B. Alicia Ross
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Big Dipper with thunderstorm
May 19th, 2011 Stars of Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) constellation over a cumulounimbus cloud with some lightning. Taken with a Panasonic DMC-TZ1 camera, 30 sec. exposure, ISO-80. Location: Maracaibo, Venezuela. Image by Henry Mendt
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Jet-set Sunset
Sunset photo taken from the window of our airplane as we were flying home from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Image: Bill Spitz
Double Vortex Tornado in Riverside California
Note the vertical vortex coming from the base of the thunderstorm along with the second larger vortex in what is called the “rope” phase.
A tornado touched down in Riverside on Thursday May 22nd, 2008. The National Weather Service said at 4:38 p.m. Thursday that Doppler radar was tracking a tornado moving south near Moreno Valley in Riverside County. It was all part a an intense late spring weather system which lashed Southern California on Thursday with fierce thunderstorms that unleashed mudslides in wildfire-scarred canyons, spawned this tornado and dusted mountains and even low-lying communities with snow and hail. (photo from The Associated Press)
