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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  

  

  © 
  Clinton 
  Johnson 
  

  

  A 
  TORNADO 
  IN 
  NORTH 
  DAKOTA 
  

  

  The 
  photographer 
  who 
  recorded 
  this 
  phenomenon 
  says: 
  "I 
  noticed 
  a 
  very 
  peculiar 
  con- 
  

   flit 
  ion 
  in 
  the 
  clouds. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  wind 
  blowing. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  hot. 
  Clouds 
  were 
  

   moving 
  from 
  several 
  directions 
  to 
  a 
  common 
  center, 
  where 
  the 
  cloud-mass 
  grew 
  constantly 
  

   darker 
  and 
  more 
  threatening. 
  There 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  rain 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  storm. 
  

   Hanging 
  downward 
  from 
  a 
  low 
  line 
  of 
  clouds, 
  three 
  whirling, 
  funnel-shaped 
  projections 
  

   appeared, 
  the 
  two 
  outside 
  being 
  soon 
  drawn 
  into 
  the 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  which 
  almost 
  instantly 
  

   started 
  downward 
  and 
  soon 
  was 
  whirling 
  along 
  on 
  the 
  earth. 
  The 
  tornado 
  was 
  about 
  ten 
  

   miles 
  from 
  the 
  camera." 
  

  

  