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In the lower image, where the camera is facing the opposite direction, the sun is behind the tornado, giving it a dark appearance. [34] Tornadoes can have a wide range of colors, depending on the environment in which they form. Those that form in dry environments can be nearly invisible, marked only by swirling debris at the base of the funnel.
A growing number of experienced storm chasers advocate the adoption of a code of ethics in storm chasing featuring safety, courtesy, and objectivity as the backbone. [ 28 ] [ 58 ] Storm chasing is a highly visible recreational activity (which is also associated with science ) that is vulnerable to sensationalist media promotion. [ 59 ]
While most tornadoes attain winds of less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers), the wind speeds in the most intense tornadoes can reach 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).
English: Extreme ground scouring left behind by a violent EF5 tornado that tracked through Neshoba, Kemper, Winston, and Noxubee counties in Mississippi during the afternoon of April 27, 2011. A large, debarked and defoliated tree that was torn from the ground can be seen in the background.
An image of tornado itself can be found here. This Doppler image of the horrific 2011 Joplin tornado also is of high quality and EV, although this image fits better as it is a GIF. Articles in which this image appears Mobile radar observation of tornadoes, History of tornado research, Tornado, Eye (cyclone), Radius of maximum wind, VORTEX projects
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