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Tornado in Manitoba

Photo: Tornado funnel seen in Manitoba
A tightly wound tornado funnel twists through open prairie in Manitoba, Canada. Tornadoes are pillars of rapidly rotating air that develop in tall, dense cumuliform clouds that are associated with thunderstorms and bad weather.
Photograph by Richard Olsenius

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