APOD: Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas (2006 Jul 02)
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APOD: Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas (2006 Jul 02)
I think that today's APOD is a duplicate from a few months ago.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060702.html
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060702.html
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REPEAT PICTURE OF THE DAY
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.
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Tornedo and Rainbow over Kansas
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
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
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Rainbow/Tornado picture doctored? (APOD 2 Jul 2006)
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
Harry : Smile and live another day.
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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?
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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
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