STS-121 mission specialist, astronaut Piers J. Sellers, translates along a truss on the International Space Station during the mission's third and final EVA.
No, krt, it is not a tornado. The cloud, or the supercell, around a tornado looks a whole lot different. These are normal stratus clouds, not storm clouds, AKA nimbo cumulus, or nimbus clouds. =)
That is just cloud formations over a higher ground level, like a mountain or such, or uprising caused by an updraft.
Phil, that looks scary. Do you know if they have a safety harness? Cannot see it from this angle..
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NOT FAIR!! Nobody but astronauts can get these shots!! What I would do to go up there and be the photographer for the mission!!! Where do 54 year old guys with bad eyes sign up??