Thinking about why tornados form and how/why certain kinds of volcanos form, the processes for -certain- kinds of each can be similar. Tornados form the funnel when a storm cell starts spinning and one end of it sinks as the cool air from above mixes with it and "erupts" from the bottom of the tornado into the world below, the air spinning around as it does. Some kinds of volcanos form when a magma cell starts spinning and hotter magma from deeper within the earth pushes its way upwards, "erupting" through the resulting upside-down funnel.
It's not true of all volcanoes nor of all tornados, but _some_ seems to be similar phenomenon in different media. Is there any validity to this notion?
2007-09-06
15:33:19
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