Byron Turk inside the Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 (TIV2), an armoured vehicle with bulletproof glass designed to penetrate a tornado. This vehicle and crew participated in Project Vortex 2. ..Byron Turk is the TIV 2 navigator...Project Vortex 2 is a two year National Science Foundation funded science mission to study tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms. ..Taken in Grand Island, Nebraska, May 30, 2009.