"THIS IS A PRETTY AWESOME PICTURE...CAN YOU IMAGINE THE LOOK ON THE PHOTOGRAPHERS FACE WHEN HE WENT SNAP....
When the lightning flashes, this is NOT what you want to see.
THIS IS A PICTURE THAT SOMEONE TOOK WHO WORKS ON AN OIL RIG. HE WAS GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE LIGHTNING AND WAS UNAWARE OF THE TORNADO UNTIL THE LIGHTNING ILLUMINATED IT.
This is a one-in-a-million photo...............
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Taken Thursday night, April 2, 2009.
Lariat Sandridge Energy South of Ft Stockton , TX"
When I saw the date of April 2, 2009 that sent up a red flag. I had seen this e-mail a few times before, at least a year ago and maybe 2 or 3 years ago. Definitely longer ago than one month. So, I started searching the hoax buster sites.
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
"Texas Oil Rig Twister
Dramatic image circulating via email purportedly captures a massive nighttime tornado illuminated by lightning not far from an oil rig near Ft. Stockton, Texas.
Description: Emailed image / Hoax
Circulating since: April 2008 (this version)
Status: Fake
Email example contributed by Ray H., May 7, 2008:
Fwd: Oil Rig Picture - TX - Apr.3.2008 TEXAS TORNADO
When the lightning flashes, this is not what you want to see. Taken Thursday night, April 3, 2008.
Lariat # 2 – Sandridge Energy
South of Ft Stockton , TX
Analysis: The above image was manipulated to combine two different photos, one of an oil rig (origin unknown), the other of a nighttime waterspout illuminated by a lightning stroke over Lake Okeechobee, Florida, taken by amateur photographer Fred Smith on June 15, 1993.
The latter has circulated for several years along with various false descriptions, including one claiming the twister was photographed near The Villages, Florida in 2007, and another claiming the picture was taken in Sedalia, Missouri in March 2006. Most recently it was incorrectly identified as a tornado that touched down in Pisgah, Alabama in February 2008.
Where will it (not) strike next?"
source....
I live in South Florida & have been on the ocean waters .. that is NOT a water spout my friend. Its too big for a water spout.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't tell you, have never seen any waterspouts, but that's the quote from the source.
ReplyDeleteFrom Accuweather's Weather Matrix Blog:
Fred's Lightning / Tornado Photo
I interviewed Fred Smith recently about his wonderful and famous lightning/tornado photo that he took in 1993.
This photo was one of the subjects in my post "Weather Photos: Fact or Fiction" (people are recirculating Fred's photo this Spring, claiming that the photo was taken in the Midwest during this Spring's severe weather outbreaks).
Fred says he's not a professional photographer but he was taking lightning photos from his back yard on June 15, 1993 when he got this lucky shot of a large waterspout on Lake Okeechobee, Florida. The photo was taken about 10:00 at night.
The picture was actually taken June 15, 1991. Not 1993. :)
ReplyDeletewhat ever it may seem., this is one hell of a photo!
ReplyDeleteI agree, even though it was faked, it is a good job! And the waterspout alone is awesome.
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