Credit & Copyright: Joey Mole
Explanation:
What's happening over the water?
Pictured here is one of the better images yet recorded of a
waterspout,
a type of tornado that occurs over water.
Waterspouts are spinning columns of rising moist air that
typically form over warm water.
Waterspouts can be as dangerous as
tornadoes
and can feature wind speeds over 200 kilometers per hour.
Some waterspouts form away from thunderstorms and even during relatively fair weather.
Waterspouts
may be relatively transparent and initially
visible only by an
unusual pattern they create on the
water.
The featured image was taken in 2013 July near
Tampa Bay,
Florida.
The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida
is arguably the most active area in the world for waterspouts, with hundreds forming each year.
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