Caught on camera 2, Dust devil

[809380]

Hi, Interesting this close dust devil. One or two minutes more would have been better, bye-bye.

[809380]

unfortunately short but nice...!

[Matthew2400]

LOL! It's so tiny it's cute... I wanna run through it!

[Krixrawr]

..What ia s dust devil? Is it just like.. a mini tornado thing?

[dragonridley]

They're usually harmless rising vorticies of air. They look a little like toradoes but are completely different

[NHTPC]

And like snow devils, usually they form on perfectly clear days. We have them in the mountains here, had to hang onto a ski rack not to get blown over! Also, one nearly demolished the Conway art fair one year, same thing.

[dragonridley]

A dust devil is a little vortex of air that can happen on a hot day. They look a bit like tornadoes but are very different.

[IExposeMormonism]

This onew is too small but when I was in Alamogordo New Mexico, as a kid, we use to run into the middle of them and sometimes you could run with it thru the desert for a minute or so....

[dencbrown]

lol! a biker goes through it! were was this filmed(wat state)then the details of the erea

[japakiwi]

This was filmed in Queenstown, The South Island, New Zealand.

[jazzysk8]

can you run through those??

[japakiwi]

I think so, depending on its size. you can actually see a guy riding a bike thorough it in the video.

[chrisy909]

oh yeah, i forgot, 5 stars!

[japakiwi]

Thanks for 5 stars. Glad you liked it.

[chrisy909]

that was very cool, i have never been so close to a dust devil like that! very good vortex structure, i have a hobby on studying dust devils and this helped my research, thanks!

[supercellstorm]

It is impressive that dust devil! Not very strong but with great vertical and development revolving vortex good, I like to and that is why I add to favorites and give 5 stars!

[japakiwi]

Thanks for the 5 stars! I'm pretty stoked about that! It is just that I was there in the right time. Glad that anyone liked this!

[hurricaneheardy111]

Look how close you went thats awesome!And the little piece of paper swirling in the vortex!The vortex goes really high into the sky!

Great footage!5 stars!

[hurricaneheardy111]

Wow!That one is a fast spinner!Where was this?

[japakiwi]

This was taken at Coronet Peak Ski Area, Queenstown, The South Island, New Zealand.