Storm chasing. Tornado probe vehicles with roof-mounted mobile mesonet units, waiting for an anticipated severe storm. These are just some of more tha

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Storm chasing. Tornado probe vehicles with roof-mounted mobile mesonet units, waiting for an anticipated severe storm. These are just some of more than 100 research vehicles that participated in VORTEX 2, an unprecedented two-year research project to study tornadoes in the United States in 2009 and 2010. Photographed in Nebraska, USA, on 9th June 2010.

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