The WTF Photo of the Day Thread

[Kit]

[Kit]

[jakethesartech2]

mm hot beef sundae. for the carnivores dessert

[White Rabbit]

Hey guys I found this cool Futurama pic-- ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.

[jakethesartech2]

all glory to the hypno-toad

[slow_walker]

All glory to the Hypnotoad.

[OC_Subiewrench]

All glory to the hypno toad.

[Nicotti]

mmmm froggg leggs

[Chris]

Not a Tornado

This has been bothering me (because I'm fascinated with tornadoes) so I had to track it down and find out what it is actually a picture of.

According to snopes.com

Meteoroligists who have viewed this image (as well as other photos and video taken of the same storm) generally agree that it pictures a mesocyclone with a wall cloud, not a true tornado.

Although some people still believe it is a photoshopped image because of the chunk missing from the left side of the "funnel".

I think it's a long exposure of a fire at or nearly at night. Notice how bright it is even though the pole light is shining? Even if it's not smoke or steam or something, it's definitely a long exposure. The flag is also blurry.

Also, here's a long exposure I took of smoke from a fire for comparison.

It does look like a mesocyclone, but I don't think the clouds get that close to the ground.

Numerous mesocyclone pics:
www.extremeinstability.com

Particularly incredible images about 1/2 way down:
http://www.extremeinstability.com/04-8-26.htm[/url]

[Kit]

[ropingk]

was that approved by Lord darth Vader??????

[slow_walker]

It does look like a mesocyclone, but I don't think the clouds get that close to the ground.

Well we can't really see how close to the ground it is because it's behind that feed mill (or whatver it is). And we don't know how far away from the photographer it is, so the angle could be deceiving us.

[Chris]

That's kind of what I'm thinking. It LOOKS like it's RIGHT behind those steel silos and as though it's only a couple hundred feet across. It's got to be some kind of illusion.

[slow_walker]

DAMN YOU KIT FOR POSTING THIS PHOTO. Seriously, it's driving me insane.

[Kit]

its the WTF thread