Vortex 'Climbs' Cliff In Suðuroy, The Faroe Islands

[Yithian]

A rotating column of air made visible by the water mist This happened in Beinisvørð - the highest sea cliff in Suðuroy, the Faroe Islands

Fair weather waterspouts form on the water surface, tornadic ones develop downward.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1542493720158806019

Video by Helen Wang & Samy Jacobsen

 

[Yithian]

For context/size comparisons, this is a very, very tall cliff:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinisvørð

Source:

https://flic.kr/p/8vNUHe

 

[James_H]

I'd be on the lookout for some kind of sea-witch or sinister water wizard if I saw something like that in such a location.

 

[Coal]

I'd be on the lookout for some kind of sea-witch or sinister water wizard if I saw something like that in such a location.

Kelpie. That's yer kiddie.