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Snownado
Only six have ever been captured on camera.
These events are so uncommon because they require very specific meteorological conditions to form.
"I consider it the rarest image I've made in my entire career"
- Marc Adamus (ig)
magila
Actually the Sharknado is rarer. Never been filmed without special effects.
dobyburgundy
This. This is why I internet dammit.
IamJustinSane
I see these several times a year in Canada. (of varying sizes)
iREPOSTaPOSTinthemorningiREPOSTaPOSTatnight
Isn't every photo rare. I mean til it gets shared on the internet
18LoneStar36
Superman trying to keep people away from his fortress
WhiteyHead
And then, everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
pxlsfiddle
The fire nation, you say...
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
Yeah, that’s great and all @OP. But how do you have a diamond for your profile pic?!
TheKingofBees33
Beta feature
suburbanhyena
well... where are the other five?
DracoMajor
Those favorites tho...
NKato
Let me tell you something: This is the stuff fantasy is made of. And it is reality. Amazing.
killer10347
Someone please calm the Avatar the fuck down.
MarioGod44
SatoriAnne
circlelurker
Lol welcome to Canada
AbusedPickle
Are you talking about winds that kick up some spinning snow, like a dust devil, or an actual tornado
PrismZet
I apparently should grab my camera more.
Pootisborn
Jim Cantore would lose his mind.
gareity
I've stood in the middle of one before. Shits cash af
d3matt
One my favorite achievements was hockey stopping and spraying a whole lot more snow into one :D
obelisksarecool
How the fuck do you have a profile picture. And I’ve been here longer than you.
RheaButt
Beta feature
NixiePixies
This post seems kind of out of place compared to your favourites there, @OP...
Telharmonius
I call fakey on this. One, there are MANY documented "snownados" which are winter dust devils. They are not all that rare either. 1/2
Telharmonius
There are FIVE at least on YouTube, because I've seen them. The best swirls around a couple on a ski lift.
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
can we put sharks in it?
rockjock29
Been there done that. Thundersnow is cooler.
MrBigMcLargeHuge
I prefer heat bursts
CaldariBob
We get those ever so often in Calgary.
chickitychinathechinesechicken
By those standards a photo of my balls is even rarer
gnovice
Do they also require very specific meteorological conditions to form?
TheBreadlord
Oh I seen one at my dads one winter. Think I was like 6 or 7 back then. Good stuff. Although it was quite a small one
PataRican
Is no one going to ask about the diamond profile picture? How did you get that?
RheaButt
Beta feature
MidlandRedux
Nice painting. Dude appears to be summoning something.
Crawmak
If they're so rare, why wouldn't you capture it on video along with the photo?
governmentgavemeagun
Maybe he did.
Courtmoore2010
http://thescienceexplorer.com/nature/snownado-rare-winter-weather-phenomenon
buttcreambandit
You the mvp
Stensticles
Snow devil sounds so much cooler!
arbsbuhpuh
How about a snowclone? Like a cyclone, but with snow. Spelled it doesn't look right, but it sounds good when you say it
notashill
Cyclones are hurricanes
ILikeCockyEngineersAndICannotLie
Not as terrifying as sharknado though.
MrMattster
Considering this is an actual thing, is say it's much more terrifying!
JaegerBombster
Nah but it's a lot more cool
Beartornado
Username relevance is enjoying a rare spike today.
Boredoom
We need BEARNADO!!
dolphindreamsandsatan
I agree with @Asdafax!
Asdafax
Thanks!
Leevalleyoftheshadowofdeath
In that climate it'd be the polar bear version
Engelous
Bearnado
Asdafax
This should get way more upvotes
Sawdamizer
Snownado is the best name they could come up with??
rezpawner
There's probably some sami word that's better. They got words for all kinds of snow. They are the Bubba's of the snow.
YCMEHSFI
Tornasnow? Tornadsnow?
WilliamKeith
Frozen Maelstrom of Whirling Ice Blades takes longer to type.
bippityboppityBACON
Tornizzard
MadMontyMN
And yet, there's no source for this image whatsoever. As a meteorology major, I can also shoot down the "so uncommon" bit too.
MadMontyMN
I mean, yeah, they're rare in the Nevada desert...
TheRealEalonMusk
What is going on with the little ivon beside ops name?
AceVan
It used to mean they where a bot, although it might of been implanted!
sevrono
Sarah has a dog for hers
guilemer
I need to know this
teamsleeper
Beta
JustFuckingGoogleIt
http://imgur.com/beta/enable
brickerbrickeronenine
That page does not exist
JustFuckingGoogleIt
Open on desktop, servers are overloaded a lot.
JustFuckingGoogleIt
https://blog.imgur.com/2016/01/05/become-an-imgur-beta-tester/ Mobile beta
teamsleeper
It’s apart of the new beta!
guilemer
Must just be the iOS beta
Arconyte
"a part." Apart is the opposite. Not trying to be a dick. TMYK.
teamsleeper
You are correct. Thank you.
Setherunner
Really though, maybe a beta tester?
RheaButt
Beta feature
z3lfmoord
Can confirm. It’s beta. I hate it.
EhIWonderHowLongAUsernameCanBeLetsFindOutShallWeAaandThereItIs
Is the beta only in ios?
JustFuckingGoogleIt
https://blog.imgur.com/2016/01/05/become-an-imgur-beta-tester/
TheGiflivesagain
Shit i saw those at least once a winter when I used to live in the U.P.
icicledrops
Just another winter day in Michigan
manofthewild07
Mychevyshookashit
wo1fie
It never snows where I live in California but I have been to the mountains a couple times and seen these. Not that rare...
shuddupidiot
I was gonna say the same thing. 906!
qthegoodtimes
Amen there. Used to live in MQT. Loads of snow and loads of wind
TheGiflivesagain
I was a good 1 and a half from Marquette, all the way up in Calumet ????
AGiantSlor
Yeah but we never thought to capture it on film and post edit it to high hell before uploading it to instagram.
wo1fie
Don't forget titling it as rare and referring to it as one of less than a dozen similar photos!
TheGiflivesagain
True I'll give them credit for that, if I would of known it would get fans I would of captured one lol
idontenglishsorry
I don’t think “would of” exists
DrDresDog
UP?
iLikeHockey
If you're guessing Disney movies, you're wrong. It's actually Aladdin
djpj
What's UP-dog?
WilliamKeith
Big ones with thick coats, mostly.
PleaseMrLewisIsMyFatherImDoctorLewis
Uttar Pradesh. It's the most populous state in India with 200M people. Didn't know they had snownados.
TheGiflivesagain
Upper peninsula of Michigan
energ1ze
Yoopers unite!
MeezerStandardTime
Trolls live under the bridge in the Lower Peninsula.
AgentR
Go trolls!
DoesItThough
Yooper boys just ain't right. Honestly was just up at the Sault today, some of the nicest people I've met.