Fire Tornadoes (Fire Whirls)

Fire tornadoes (or fire whirls) in Laos. These fire tornadoes formed on a hillside during an agricultural slash & burn fire. The hot air rising from the fire, combined with winds coming in from the sides create a vortex that takes on the appearance of a tornado, although technically they are not tornadoes at all. The phenomenon is similar to a dust devil that forms on a hot day in a dusty field, but more extreme.

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Filmed in Laos, 2015.

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