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A tornado, photographed by Zachary Caron, just south of Parker, Colorado, U.S. of A. (images.nationalgeographic.com)

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[–]major_ballslayer 39 points40 points ago

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I read that as South Park, Colorado.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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Let's just calm down now, mmmmkay?

[–]MarlonBain 2 points3 points ago

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I read that as Zach Anner.

[–]jayj76 0 points1 point ago

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You and I have some problems. A picture of a tomato in South Park, Colorado?

[–]KibblesnBitts 0 points1 point ago

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Collectively:

A tomato, photographed by Zach Anner, just South Park, Colorado, U.S. of A.

[–]unbibium 0 points1 point ago

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I read that as Trey Parker founded a town of his own.

[–]smoooooov -1 points0 points ago

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You are aware that South Park, Colorado actually exists, right? I actually have relatives that live there. Although I believe the altitude prevents tornadoes from occurring.

[–]trot-trot[S] 10 points11 points ago

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Source: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/energizer/winners/2010/5/

[–]syncretic 2 points3 points ago

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I would love it if you would post this to /r/EarthPorn/

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Mmm, smutty.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Looks more like sky porn

[–]syncretic 0 points1 point ago*

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Well, the atmosphere is part of our beloved planet earth ;)

Not to be confused with SpacePorn!

[–]robanders8 0 points1 point ago

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not nearly as popular

[–]syncretic 0 points1 point ago

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Well, I'm not involved with /r/SpacePorn/, although I did message the mods and proposed a partnership (they haven't responded).

I did just launch /r/CityPorn/ today, which I hope will become just as successful as my earthier project.

[–]MeInMyMind 9 points10 points ago

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The first Rift has opened.

[–]rifk 1 point2 points ago

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Kelari Refuge is under attack!

[–]LettersFromTheSky 0 points1 point ago

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FRINGE??

[–]Fenris_uy 0 points1 point ago

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Rift

MMO game

[–]LettersFromTheSky 0 points1 point ago

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Ah. Never heard of it, but I don't like playing MMO games. why pay $15 a month or pay money for virtual items like they do on facebook?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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You obviously don't understand how MMO games work...

[–]morleydresden 0 points1 point ago

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OMG! Where's my Glitter Boy?

[–]terminusest 6 points7 points ago

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Heh, gotta love Colorado. So random.

[–]Dakillakan 10 points11 points ago

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It will snow the next day, and after that be 70 out.

[–]terminusest 2 points3 points ago

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Yep, pretty much, though to be honest nearly everywhere I've lived has had crazy weather, just to different levels of extreme. The random 45 degree days in July in Oakland, the micro-climate effect in northern New Mexico, the Denver random patterns, and now I'm waiting to see what strangeness happens in my new city's weather.

Denver was just more extreme than most places, and the random blizzards in April (or May) tend to really stick in people's minds.

[–]Thimee 5 points6 points ago*

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I'm pretty sure that tornado was round the corner from my house (Aug 24th last year)... here are a few more pics:

http://i.imgur.com/DL6Qn.jpg (taken from DenverPost)

http://i.imgur.com/F5YAr.jpg (taken from DenverPost)

http://i.imgur.com/v7QRl.jpg (same storm from my back yard)

http://i.imgur.com/WeR0t.jpg (spot the tornado... heh)

http://realestateyak.com/files/2009/06/tornado-june-7-2009-aurora-colorado-saddle-rock-neighborhood-smaller.jpg (the same tornado, but right up close)

[–]RamenOps 2 points3 points ago

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Damn that last one is terrifying.

I wouldn't want to be within miles of a twister, let alone that close.

[–]ladyvonkulp 0 points1 point ago

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Nice that the last pic is on a real estate domain.

[–]terminusest 0 points1 point ago

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Nice, it's pretty impressive how those storms love to hit Parker. I guess they're attracted to high property values (previous Parker resident). J/K. Nice photo though, I never got to see any of the tornadoes, I was always indoors working. Most I got was a brief glimpse of a funnel cloud forming a couple miles off through the trees.

I miss all the fun!

[–]LettersFromTheSky 4 points5 points ago

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Pretty sweet picture.

[–]WordsNotToLiveBy 1 point2 points ago

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Quite! Only thing missing is a flying heifer.

[–]zonker77 4 points5 points ago

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I remember that one, we were watching from the Pinery and got a bunch of pics but none as good as this

[–]sleazyrider 1 point2 points ago

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I would love to see more photos of this! If you can, please post them.

[–]CallMeLogHead 0 points1 point ago

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thunderhill rd??

[–]tomparker 1 point2 points ago

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I recon she's a twister alright. You boys want to mosey?

[–]SlugsOnToast 3 points4 points ago

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I was fixin' to amble.

[–]xmnstr 3 points4 points ago

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I haven't ever seen one of these in real life as I live in the wrong part of the world (they are extremely uncommon here), and they look 100% fake to me. So weird!

[–]user110 4 points5 points ago

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If they're uncommon there, I'd say you live in the right part of the world.

[–]xmnstr 0 points1 point ago

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As I live in Sweden, I would say this comment is dead on.

[–]mvlazysusan 6 points7 points ago*

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Nice pic.

This is a vid of me going up to the bottom of a tornado till it picks me up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVX1SXq_Etc=1m30s

other vids of same in comments, as I am so close the camera can not see the top.)

[–]MALON 2 points3 points ago

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Aw man, I was hoping I was going to see you sucked out of the boat.

[–]rockelle 5 points6 points ago

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I love how the trees and grass look extra green whenever there is going to be a big storm. It's so eerie and beautiful.

[–]DeskFlyer 1 point2 points ago

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It's called post-processing.

[–]eric22vhs 3 points4 points ago

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Probably. But prior to tornados it does look extremely eerie outside.

I haven't seen one by was living in VT when the sky was basically bright orange all day, and it made the grass and trees seem more vibrant. Next day we find out there were 4 tornados spotted throughout the state that day.

[–]Nerull 1 point2 points ago

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Which is pretty much the opposite of the common myth - that it always appears green.

Both are simply confirmation bias at work.

[–]eric22vhs 0 points1 point ago

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Maybe.. All I'm saying is the whether was really strange enough to discuss it, then we later hear there were multiple tornados that day.

I've heard the whole sky looks green-ish thing in school as a kid, and I'm sure there's some truth to it. I'm sure the weather is somehow related to weather or not there's a tornado out. My guess is that it's generally unusual enough that it creates these conceptions of green sky/whatever.

[–]Nerull 0 points1 point ago

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But there are multiple tornadoes in almost every large storm system. You don't make note of those, and probably don't even remember they happened a few weeks later.

Storm research groups have done research on the question, and found that: 'green sky' happens all the time, and it shows no relation to the type of weather, other than 'storms', and storms tend to come with far more indicators than sky color.

[–]eric22vhs 0 points1 point ago

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Ok.... but we're talking about whether or not the weather is strange when there's a tornado. Are you seriously arguing against that?

[–]rosscatherall 0 points1 point ago

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Living in the UK I have never experienced a tornado, I feel hard done by.

[–]blakblakarak 1 point2 points ago

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We actually have the highest ratio (land area) in the world: Daily Mail.

[–]rosscatherall 0 points1 point ago

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25 years and I haven't seen a single one, barr from an air funnel above the North East a few years ago.

[–]nubalance 2 points3 points ago

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Great shot! For some reason, I always think that this is what a black hole looks like up close.

[–]BlackbeltJones 1 point2 points ago

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Take that, Earth!

[–]Wigglesworth 1 point2 points ago

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Thats an awesome pic. Well done Zach

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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My sisters just learned that we're moving to Colorado (from Illinois, my parents have jobs lined up out there). They're freshman in high school and they aren't too pleased. Needless to say, I won't be sharing this photo with them any time soon.

[–]Horatio_Hornblower 3 points4 points ago

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I think only the eastern half with the plains sees many tornados. I don't think they're common in the mountains (but would like to know).

[–]wpskier 2 points3 points ago

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True. I actually live in Parker, which is SE of Denver. Rarely do tornadoes occur further west than the eastern edge of the Denver metro area. I've lived here for 25 years, and never once been threatened by a tornado.

[–]Aurelius7 1 point2 points ago

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I've lived 10 minutes north of Parker (still SE Denver) for quite a few years and can also attest to the nontornadoeyness of the area.

[–]weischris 0 points1 point ago

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I grew up in Littleton but now live in the mountains, I can confirm that we do not get tornadoes here, but we do get a shit ton of snow.

[–]Thimee 0 points1 point ago

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I believe part of Georgetown was destroyed by a tornado way back when, here's a link: http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/nov-20-1869-a-low-co2-tornado-destroyed-georgetown-colorado/

And in more recent times:

On 6/15/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 40.8 miles away from the Georgetown town center injured 7 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 5/18/1975, a category 3 tornado 51.7 miles away from the town center .

(http://www.city-data.com/city/Georgetown-Colorado.html)

[–]KibblesnBitts 0 points1 point ago

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Littleton does get plenty of Tornado watches in the summer though. Makes for eerie, yet beautiful storms. I miss seeing the clouds turning pitch black/green.

[–]Thimee 0 points1 point ago

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I live 10 minutes north of Parker, and have physically seen 4 of them in the last 3 years, so perhaps you didn't hear the sirens? None of them were particularly threatening - damage was limited to knocking over a few pool lawn chairs etc.

Although this one did a little more damage when it hit Southlands Mall two years ago: http://www.9news.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=117258&catid=339

[–]Thimee 0 points1 point ago

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Don't show her this: http://www.kxii.com/blogs/weatherblog/45450682.html

Although Tornado Alley does not include Colorado, Weld County, CO had the highest number of reported tornadoes - 213 - of any county in the United States (between 1950 and 2000), according to the National Weather Service. This works out to about four a year.

[–]thews 0 points1 point ago

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KXII? you live in texoma?

[–]_Dimension 1 point2 points ago

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This is what happens when weather divides by zero.

[–]brambleblast 1 point2 points ago

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For once, I am more spellbound by a tornado's beauty than freaked out by the fact that it is a seemingly conscious whirling cone of doom.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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"it is a seemingly conscious whirling cone of doom."

I think I just peed laughing. heh. That was funny. Have an upvote. :)

[–]brambleblast 0 points1 point ago

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Haha, thanks! Always happy to make someone laugh!

I have seen tornadoes this way for most of my life and I'm surprised so few people think of them the same way. It must be related to the general fear I have of sentient geometric shapes that want to kill you.

[–]GSnow 0 points1 point ago

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I too think that is the single best description of a tornado I have ever heard. I'm still laughing.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Colorado's nug is DANK!

[–]almosthuman 1 point2 points ago

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My god that's freaky and beautiful.

[–]Toik 0 points1 point ago

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That guy is a fucking baller.

[–]cccmikey 0 points1 point ago

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Hmm. Looks like the MCP is on the move...

[–]NolanRoss 0 points1 point ago

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I wish it was "widescreen" it would have made a nice wallpaper. Anyway cool picture.

[–]The_Real_JS 0 points1 point ago

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That is simply amazing. Anyone have any idea on the settings used?

[–]3danimator 0 points1 point ago

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Good god, that is a phenomenal picture....absolutely incredible.

[–]sirberus 0 points1 point ago

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Serious question: What would happen to me and my body if I just walked into that? I mean, specifically...

Like, would it twist me apart, or just suck me up into it? Would I die due to pressure, or suffocation, or explosion?

[–]justcametosay- 0 points1 point ago

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The funnel is full of debris traveling hundreds of miles an hour. I imagine it would be akin to walking into a blender.

[–]sirberus 1 point2 points ago

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I never thought of that.

But yeah, when I was a little kid, I remember during school sometimes (usually during the Santa Ana winds in so-cali) we'd get these little dirt-devil twisters. I was always the kid running towards them. Always wanted to make it to them before they died, but never did.

I know this isn't the same thing, but theres a part of me that sees tornados and just wants to run at them. Granted, a Darwin award is waiting for me some day... but yeah.

[–]dmanbiker 1 point2 points ago*

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I live in Arizona and when I was younger a small dirt-devil moved over me, when I was sitting on a wall in a park minding my own business.

I got covered in dirt, all of my hair, in my eyes and mouth and had little tiny scrapes from the little pebbles.

I have to say it was pretty awesome though.

[–]sirberus 2 points3 points ago

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You, sir, are amongst gods.

[–]trappedblackman 0 points1 point ago

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That is how tornadoes look in my dreams. Related thought, any significance to dreaming about tornadoes?

[–]Starrfx642 0 points1 point ago*

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This storm was known as the Memorial Day Miracle. One of the most photographic storms I've ever seen. (I wish I had gone out to see it for myself) I'll post other amazing pics of it later. There is also some amazing video of people getting within 100 yards of it. Truly spectacular.

EDIT: I hope someone sees this. Here are the photos: Number 1 Number 2 Here is an entire album..stunning And finally an awesome video upclose to the tornado

The reasons this storm is considered to be the Memorial Day Miracle is because

a) The risk for severe storms was marginal, at best. only a 5% tornado risk was evident.

b) When a tornado DID occur, it was a classic set up for Colorado Tornadoes. The dry air of colorado kills a lot of storms once they come off the mountains, but if the conditions are right, you get beautiful storm's like this one. The reason is because with dry air, only the most prominent structures are left, meaning no scud, low level clouds, or general crappy clouds to get in the way. If you look at some of the pictures, you can even see blue sky in the background.

c) The tornado was on the ground for a very long time. Not only this, but it was only moving at about 7 mph. Chasers lucky enough to see this storm literally were able to get out their lawn chairs and watch this thing.

[–]mybreathyourlung 0 points1 point ago

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Does anyone else feel that this is not supposed to happen?

[–]jayj76 0 points1 point ago

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Dude, I am blind. I SWEAR I read that as "tomato."

[–]MichelBluth 0 points1 point ago

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It looks like an electric guitar. Nature is going to ROCK AND ROLL!

[–]Wanaquelito 0 points1 point ago

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You can't explain that.

[–]thefi3nd 0 points1 point ago

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I lived in Parker for 10 years and nothing interesting happened. As soon as I did there's a freakin' tornado.

[–]HighBeamHater 0 points1 point ago

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How do you stand still for 2 seconds to take a picture when you see something like that fucking thing staring you in the face? Zachary Caron, you are the new Dos Equis dude.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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That's probably the most BOSS picture of a tornado i've ever seen.

[–]philds391 0 points1 point ago

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Jesus decided to come back in style this time.

[–]barbarellen 0 points1 point ago

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You want it to be one way, but its the other way.

[–]i7hice 0 points1 point ago

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Looks like an F2.

[–]mithun1538 0 points1 point ago

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Looks like M. N. Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender" is nearby...

[–]shanemitchell 0 points1 point ago

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I live in Ireland and have only ever seen a tornado once, and even then it was from altitude and very small. If you travelled to a place where they are common how easy is it to see one up close? how predictable are they? I would seriously love to see one up close if at all possible.

[–]DoTheTimeWarp -3 points-2 points ago

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I'm no expert, but it looks more like a dust devil than a tornado to me.

[–]chromium24 2 points3 points ago

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Dust devils are predominantly fair-weather phenomena, and don't reach into a cloud.

[–]3danimator -1 points0 points ago

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I think you are right...but its still gorgeous.

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