Photo by AEC Medrano
That is a freaking water spout. Let me say it again. Those ships are being chased by a freaking water spout! Story from MSFSC News.
Life at sea is never boring: stars at night, porpoises off the bow, and, yes, underway replenishment activities. This photo, taken by AEC Jose Medrano, shows USS Ramage making her approach towards USNS Arctic in preparation for a replenishment evolution. Also shown in the photo is a waterspout. Waterspouts are tubular columns of rotating cloud-filled wind, which extend from the underside of a cumulus cloud down to a cloud of spray torn up by the whirling winds, from the surface of an ocean or lake. In this case, the ocean is the Atlantic in the Jacksonville, Fla., operating area. This is what a tornado at sea looks like ...
Thanks to USNS Arctic and AEC Medrano for this very nautical submission.
