Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2023 November 29 [2]A funnel cloud is shown, but inside what appears to be a wider funnel cloud. A blue sky with a few white clouds is seen in the background, while flat plains are seen in the foreground. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. A Landspout Tornado over Kansas Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Brad Hannon Explanation: Could there be a tornado inside another tornado? In general, no. OK, but could there be a tornado inside a wider [4]dust devil? No again, for one [5]reason because tornados comes down from the sky, but dust devils [6]rise up from the ground. What is pictured is a [7]landspout, an unusual type of tornado known to occur on the edge of a violent [8]thunderstorm. The [9]featured landspout was imaged and identified in [10]Kansas, [11]USA, in June 2019 by an experienced storm chaser. The [12]real tornado is in the center, and the outer sheath was possibly created by [13]large dust particles thrown out from the central tornado. So far, the only planet known to create tornados is [14]Earth, although [15]tornado-like activity has been [16]found on the Sun and [17]dust devils are common on [18]Mars. Almost Hyperspace: [19]Random APOD Generator Tomorrow's picture: Flight Day 13 __________________________________________________________________ [20]< | [21]Archive | [22]Submissions | [23]Index | [24]Search | [25]Calendar | [26]RSS | [27]Education | [28]About APOD | [29]Discuss | [30]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [31]Robert Nemiroff ([32]MTU) & [33]Jerry Bonnell ([34]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [35]Specific rights apply. [36]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [37]ASD at [38]NASA / [39]GSFC, [40]NASA Science Activation & [41]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2311/LowerLandspout_Hannon_960.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/bradhannon/ 4. https://youtu.be/4aswtt6Cobo 5. https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/78oaoc/is_there_a_fundamental_difference_between/ 6. https://assets.puzzlefactory.com/puzzle/502/800/original.webp 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landspout 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220116.html 9. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9SdnFAJpWU/ 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States 12. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1136196520169464&set=a.205174699938322 13. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/06/08/tall-tornado-denver-colorado/ 14. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-earth/ 15. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11691/ 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980429.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150303.html 18. https://mars.nasa.gov/ 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/random_apod.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231128.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 26. https://apod.com/feed.rss 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 29. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=231129 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231130.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 33. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 34. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 35. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 36. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 37. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 40. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 41. http://www.mtu.edu/