August 6th-13th, 2005 Waterspout Chasing
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 January 2010 00:29 Written by Roger Hill
We arrived in Marathon, Florida to chase waterspouts this week. We captured a nice waterspout from the sea while deep sea fishing at 9:30 AM on Aug 6th. Pics of the spout are shown below. This spout stayed in contact with the ocean for nearly 20 minutes! Unfortunately I forgot my Nikon D70, so all the shots here are video stills.
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Mature waterspout south of Marathon, Florida.
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Another shot of the spout from a wider angle. Notice the nice flat elongated base to this cell. Cumulus lines are key to waterspout development.
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Another shot of the waterspout as it initially developed.
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We approached an oil rig and caught this cool shot.
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A closer shot of the waterspout with spray rig barely visible at the ocean surface.
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