Picture, What a Tornado. (occur, Kansas)

[JD59]

Is this for real?

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/wa...per-1_1280.jpg

[Jammie]

It could be since it's from National Geographics. Looks kinda scary.

[§AB]

looks like it's a dust devil rather than a true tornado.

[dxiweodwo]

Yep, like SAB said. That looks more like a dust devil than a real tornado.

[HighPlainsDrifter73]

I think that's a real tornado. Too well defined to be a dust devil - just my opinion.

Anyone know where that picture was taken?

[Oildog]

Almost cylindical rather than cone shaped...interesting.

[Kamsack]

Here is a link that explains it a bit better. It was taken on May 8, 2008 and is a real picture. It is described as a landspout....it is a tornado but a type which can start from the ground up. They are not common but can occur from non-severe thunderstorms when certain wind shear conditions are present near the ground. It isnt quite a dust devil per se...as dust devils are not as vertically developed...but it isnt a typical tornado either which usually forms on the backside of a supercell thunderstorms. These landspouts are often weak and very short lived.


Time
to run for it, Auntie Em: The spectacular image of a tornado towering over the Kansas prairie | Mail Online

From Jim Reed's blog (photographer)
http://web.mac.com/wildweather/JRP/J...eographic.html



Dan
from a meteorologist's perspective

[Kaye02]

I *think* this is a video of that tornado (err...landspout). The video footage was taken by the same storm chaser, Jim Reed. And, it certainly looks like the same one to me.


YouTube - Spectacular tornado footage taken 5/8/08 in Western Kansas