Supercell just getting its wind up over South Dakota. Note the colors (explained below). Photo by Nicolaus Wegner, from the video On June 1, 2015, photographer Nicolaus Wegner was in South Dakota and ...
ROCK HILL, S.C. — On Tuesday evening, a towering, rotating thunderstorm known as a supercell was seen in York County. A WCNC Charlotte viewer, Kari Smith, sent stunning drone photos of the storm to ...
National Geographic Traveler just announced its winners for its 2014 photo contest. The shots are all very cool, but I can’t argue with the No. 1 pick: a mesocyclone over Colorado, taken by ...
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Mesocyclone: A vertical cylinder of rotating air (usually counterclockwise) that sometimes develops in the updraft of a severe thunderstorm. Horizontal dimensions are typically about one-half mile to ...
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Why some storms turn into tornadoes
Not all thunderstorms can produce tornadoes - only about 30% of supercell thunderstorms actually spawn these rotating columns of air. Supercells are severe thunderstorms with intense, rotating ...
A 200-year-old report by a sea captain and photographs of the 2008 eruption of Mount Chaiten are helping scientists better understand strong volcanic plumes. In a paper published this week in the ...
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