Atlantic Waterspout

[Pong]

This is a pretty terrifying, yet amazing photo. Waterspout near a convoy in the North Atlantic.

-Arlo

 

[vikingBerserker]

WOW! Those things get huge!

 

[RabidAlien]

Yeah...that's what is called, in nautical terms, a "bad day".

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I remember hearing my grandfather talk of those when he was in the Merchant Marines. I didn't realize they got to be that large though. WOW!!!

 

[Vassili Zaitzev]

Holy crap that's huge!

 

[Torch]

Going back to St.Augustine from Orlando on A1A near Daytona I saw 2 of those on the water, no way near as big as the pic above but still impressive, weird seeing those on water.

 

[A4K]

That IS scary!!!!

 

[Gnomey]

Scary indeed, that is huge!

 

[ccheese]

I've seen those things in the north Atlantic many times, but none THAT big. The good part about it is they usually
don't last long.

Charles

 

[javlin]

I have seen several along the coast here and never that big.When they hit the shore line good for a couple hundred feet maybe then gonza.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

That is huuuuuuge!


Wheels

 

[Wildcat]

Wow, amazing shot!

 

[B-17engineer]

I'm going to say this, quite frankly, you get caught in one of those, you are so screwed.