Icy celestial bombardment

The largest hailstones Gene Moore, Attorney Bombardment! This large hail fell during a high-powered tornado in the U.S. state of Texas, to the north-east of Breckenridge. Castle left the track a mile wide, with scattered along it hailstones ranging in size from three to four and a half inches. The source of this anomalous weather phenomenon was a dark cloud, located south of the developing mezotsiklona. In the area of ??loss of hailstones was no rain, no thunder. Further, to the northeast, have fallen by more large hailstones that prevented several groups of "hunters for the tornado from the University of Oklahoma close to him. Record hailstone Diversity of "cannonballs" We did not do enough pictures of the anomalous clouds, because our camera got stuck after hitting the hailstones. Deciding not to engage in repair of equipment in the rain and under the "shelling" of icy boulders, we hastily retreated. Photo big hailstone was made immediately after the cloud retreated to the south. When I hesitated, trying to carefully focus the lens, my partner on the "hunt" remarked: "Hurry up, dammit, and quickly took a picture, this thing freezes my hand." Nucleus of all shapes and sizes "Hurricane Hunters" from the University of Oklahoma made a photo handfuls of hailstones that fell in the spring of 1990 from a strong thunderstorm clouds near the city of Enid, Oklahoma. This storm developed into a tornado that at dusk the same evening hit the town of Stillwater. Most of the commands of "hunters" who followed the storm, and at the end of the day stopped the persecution, were unable to witness this tornado. That's when I want to change the car at an armored car! Tornado Note irregular shape of some hailstones. One of them, from left, oblong, with sharp edges, while others, fell on the same day, serrated. Near this place in the dirt was unearthed particularly large hailstone: its diameter is five inches, although this is a big piece of ice, but its size is not a record. The largest hailstone fell in 1970 in the city Koffeyvill, Kansas. Its diameter was about seven inches. I was there at the time, with an old camera "Polaroid", but was so impressed by the storm that just forgot to take pictures. Once damage from hail hail the size of about six inches, broke the windshield of my car. My fellow hunters were once seen as a hailstone approximately the same diameter as the glass is not broken. It all depends on the hardness of hailstones and the angle of attack. From time to time unlucky motorists: they get hit big soft hail, if the temperature in a thunderstorm cloud is not very low. Soft hail split into pieces, softening the blow. In our case, the hailstones had a hardness of stone. "Frontline" road See also: Land Basin biggest edifice that was built on the planet living beings ... It flows from the rocks water ordinary record of a tsunami wave height Desert-record the largest lake in the world based on the volume and surface area record highs over the world have Everest is the contender! The deepest point of the oceans cuho Here, as in the space where much warmer planet Fridge not very deep, but one of the longest caves Powerful tremors did not bring trouble, but the tsunami places of extreme temperatures longest river in the world as formed the largest seamounts Dead Sea - why is it called so? The place where the biggest annual rainfall longest bridge in the world of giants ice kingdom