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Three waterspouts show up in Qinghai Lake

By T.K. Randall
August 30, 2016 · Comment icon 5 comments

Qinghai lake is normally quite peaceful. Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 jiji lau
The breathtaking spectacle saw three waterspouts appearing at the same time above a lake in China.
Captured on camera by tourists on Wednesday, these triple columnar vortices appeared around midday and lasted for approximately five minutes before dissipating.

In China, waterspouts are traditionally referred to as "dragon sucking water".

"The phenomenon suddenly occurred above the calm Qinghai Lake," one of the spectators told the local Xining Evening News. "I'm so happy to witness the stunning scenes with my own eyes."

Video footage of the spectacle can be viewed below.



Source: Belfast Telegraph | Comments (5)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Ozfactor 8 years ago
that was a great video , I thought the last part showing the 3 waterspouts looked like something from War of the Worlds 
Comment icon #2 Posted by Sundew 8 years ago
Once saw about a dozen like this in the Florida Straits, the sea was calm and there was little wind and these things kept dropping out of the clouds all around the cruise ship. Fortunately none were very close to the ship. It was rather eerie.
Comment icon #3 Posted by Merc14 8 years ago
I was on the carrier off the east coast of Florida and saw five or six in  a line off the starboard side created by a front/squall line coming through
Comment icon #4 Posted by curiouse 8 years ago
Nice but brief. I would have hung around . And watched more of this amazing phenomenon .
Comment icon #5 Posted by paperdyer 8 years ago
SHARKNADO! SHARKNADO!.  Oh sorry.  watching too much SyFy channel.   I agree quite nice to watch.


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