A Vortex 2 storm chaser checks the tornado pods in the back of his tornado probe truck in western Nebraska, June 5, 2009.

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A Vortex 2 storm chaser checks the tornado pods in the back of his tornado probe truck in western Nebraska, June 5, 2009. Project Vortex 2 is a two year National Science Foundation and NOAA funded science mission to study tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms.

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Location: Nebraska, USA
Photo credit: © Ryan McGinnis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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