Originally Posted by GeddyLee
I can only assume they do have some type of "eye" though probably not as stable given the circumstances. Not like you can fly a C130 into one of those. I dont see there being that much room in them, like with Hurricanes that can be miles in length (I am guessing here too) in their "eye?"
And with your photos? Do you sell them or can someone ask nicely for a certain one they really really like???
Oh yeah, I still listen to that audio clip from time to time and it still scares the crap out of me too and I was there and no what to expect!
With regards to your question. Tornadoes do have an eye of sorts, but it tends to be more so at the top of the twister and less at the bottom, obviously because of the funnel shape. However, there are situations where you will find what they call multiple vortices's tornadoes and its basically two or more tornadoes in one bigger tornado. Those I have never seen so I cannot really comment on.
Single twisters though can be so erratic that the eye would not stay defined very long except on larger tornadoes. In fact I have a personal rule in chasing. I wont chase anything smaller than an F1 or now EF1 because they tend to be so unpredictable and erratic. Larger twisters are more defined, tend to track in one general direction with some wobble though. The smaller ones jump around, rope out and reform and I dont like that.
I tried selling my pictures on Ebay before but could never quite get a following going so I gave up that venture. I would love to get a market going, Id love to chase storms all over the place.
But to answer your question directly, I do not currently sell them. I want to create a screen saver of the better shots but just never got around to doing that.
I dont mind giving the shots to people, my concern would be maintaining the copyright. I dunno, maybe I could put something together for desktop backgrounds or something like that, was that what you had in mind. Maybe I can get off my duff and after I get the Grand Prix screen saver done, make one for lightning.
