It’s almost eerie to watch how a tornado takes shape. As you’ll see below, it starts with a wisp of nothing much and, within minutes, morphs into a terrible force. For more precise details on how tornadoes form, you can check out this dynamic presentation over at USA Today.
The Birth Of A Tornado
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I am very glad you had a camera. It is, as you say, a thing of beauty. Seems unearthly. I can imagine the awed eyes of some ancient observer seeing this slow column coalescing, convinced that it is spirit.
Wish I had been there.
Thank you very much for making this available.
K
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Thats a good video :D Im doing a science project and its due tomorrow, and im doing a dry ice tornado :D yeekkkss :D scarrryyy.. :)