APOD: Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas (2006 Jul 02)

Confused · Post by **Confused** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:02 am

I think that today's APOD is a duplicate from a few months ago.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060702.html

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:30 am

Sorry don't know if it is but doesn't remind me of anything I've seen before. 10/10 for the photographer tho.

Is it an urban myth but I was told that per sq mile the UK has more tornadoes than anywhere else?

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:29 pm

I saw the photo before but not sure where. The buildings put into perspective how large that tornado is!
Orin

beautiful_disaster_23 · Post by **beautiful_disaster_23** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:02 pm

Todays photo is totally a repeat ! It was featured on June 13 2005 and today July 2 2006 !!! How can such highly respected people, make such a foolish mistake ....at least if you are going to repeat a photo, make a note of it saying so, and why you did.

Jessica

linx · Post by **linx** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:07 pm

Hi,
i'm a fairly new member of APOD & have not seen previous displays of such materpieces from our Universe as today's photo exhibits ..

i dont think that we can ever have enough of such sights of nature's wonderful displays, viewed once or a thousand times

Linx

hopeless ro · Post by **hopeless ro** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:06 am

What does it matter this photo has been shown before? Many new folks will view it for the first time. Sorry we have to play catch up and bore you.

drjjdonovan · Post by **drjjdonovan** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:35 am

Today's dramatic APOD picture purports to show a funnel cloud and a rainbow. I suspect the picture is doctored.

As the text points out, the sun is shining through an opening in the clouds on the left. The shadows in the picture confirm this. However, the sun must be behind the viewer in order to observe a rainbow. Further, the angle of the sun above the horizon--as shown by the shadows--is too large to form the rainbow shown, which indicates a much lower solar angle.

I regret reporting this. I love the picture so much I hate to dispute it, but a SNAFU happened somewhere.

beautiful_disaster_23 · Post by **beautiful_disaster_23** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:51 am

I dont care that it was posted again, i was simple saying they should have offered a reason to their long time viewers as to why it was up again.

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:16 pm

Perhaps they should start out the captions on all repeat images

"In this archive image"

To indicate that it has been aired before.

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:20 am

Good Idea BMAONE23! They could also note when it was last shown.
Orin

beautiful_disaster_23 · Post by **beautiful_disaster_23** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:23 pm

Exactly, those are both excellant ideas

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Qev · Post by **Qev** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:14 am

I have my doubts that the image is doctored, personally. The Sun angle is pretty low in this image, lower than the shadows cast by objects on the ground seem to indicate.

The Sun is behind the photographer on their left side, so most of the shadows will be pointing away from their position, making them appear much shorter in length than they actually are (which creates the appearance of a higher Sun).

Also, consider how much of the tornado is illuminated by the Sun; the Sun needs to be low enough to light almost the entire height of the tornado, despite the presense of the wall cloud and mesocyclone which would shade it from any high-angle sunlight.

APoD seems a fairly credible bunch, also. Not that something couldn't slip through, I daresay.

But I think this picture is probably legit.

harry · Post by **harry** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:37 am

Hello All

I'm still with the flu,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but unable to stay away

This http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060702.html

This image is fantastic. There is a link that shows alot of these images, but I cannot remember where I put it. Try google.

ckam · Post by **ckam** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:38 pm

I have tried http://www.google.com/ as you suggested, but all it shows me is some colored letters, buttons and text. Just like it did yesterday, when I came there for another reason. Are you sure tornado pictures actually were there?

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:07 pm

if you enter

Tornado Rainbow

in the search field and then press enter you get this list

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=to ... gle+Search

this is the first likn on the list

http://www.onthefront.ws/jun1204.htm

impressive photos

Starship Asterisk*

APOD: Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas (2006 Jul 02)

APOD: Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas (2006 Jul 02)

REPEAT PICTURE OF THE DAY

Tornedo and Rainbow over Kansas

Rainbow/Tornado picture doctored? (APOD 2 Jul 2006)