Evolution of a Tornado: Composite of eight images shot in sequence as a tornado formed in Kansas.
Attribution:JasonWeingart / CC BY-SA 4.0 Tornado formed north of Minneola, Kansas on May 24, 2016. This prolific supercell went on to produce at least 12 tornadoes and at times had two and even three tornadoes on the ground at once.
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#4: Traditional sulfur extraction at the Ijen volcano complex.
#5: Washare from the Hamer tribe in Logara, near Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
#10: The painting Anguish (1878) by August Friedrich Schenck.
#12: Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) male feeding.
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