File:EF3 Martinsburg, Iowa tornado 2023.jpg

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The EF3 Martinsburg, Iowa tornado west of Packwood, Iowa.

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File:Carbon-Morton Mills EF2 tornado May 2024.jpg
Photographer messaged September 12; no response. VRT ticket:2024102810006217
File:Northeast of Corning Wind Turbine Fire May 2024.jpg and File:Corning EF1 tornado May 2024.jpg
Same photographer -- emailed on October 2; no response. VRT ticket:2024102810006315
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Screengrab from a video. Videographer's agent contacted; stopped responding October 5 when asked about free licensing (no surprise!) VRT ticket:2024102810006413a
All these images were taken in the US after 1989, and therefore automatically protected by copyright at the instant of their creation unless ineligible for some reason. Unless anybody can provide any evidence of ineligibility for copyright, or permission from the respective copyright owners, we must delete all the files listed in this request per COM:PRP because as far as we can tell, they all are protected by copyright. --Rlandmann (talk) 11:48, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
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Description
English: The EF3 Martinsburg, Iowa tornado west of Packwood, Iowa on March 31, 2023.
Date
Source https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_03312023
Author David Foster

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