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An image purportedly showing multiple tornadoes touching down simultaneously in Minneola, Kansas, started recirculating on social media after it was posted to the Interesting as F*ck section of Reddit: This image does not capture the simultaneous appearance of eight tornadoes in a field in Kansas; rather, it's a composite photograph documenting the evolution of a single tornado. On 24 May 2016, a series of supercell storms produced more than a dozen different tornadoes across the state of Kansas that overturned semi-trucks and destroyed a number of homes: Photographer and storm-chaser Jason Weingart was on hand to witness the scene and took multiple photographs of the storm. Although more than a dozen tornadoes touched down in Kansas on that day, the image seen here documents only the formation of a single twister. This viral photograph is available on Weingart's web site under the title Evolution. The caption accompanying the image states that it depicts the evolution of the first of several tornadoes in Ford County, Ks on May 24, 2016. Weingart also made this image available via Wikipedia where it is accompanied by a slightly more detailed caption: The formation of this tornado can also be glimpsed in a video of the storm Weingart uploaded to YouTube:
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