# Great photo of a water spout off the coast

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 23, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-a-water-spout-off-the-coast/401262 "2007-04-23T04:29:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-a-water-spout-off-the-coast/401262/1 "2007-04-23T04:29:42Z")

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In today’s paper: [link](http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/giant-spouts-not-bowling-em-over/2007/04/23/1177180535669.html). It was taken south of Sydney.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-a-water-spout-off-the-coast/401262/2 "2007-04-23T05:07:39Z")

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You guys have had a fair few of those water spouts happening lately, haven’t you? Cool shot, BTW.

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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-a-water-spout-off-the-coast/401262/3 "2007-04-23T11:42:11Z")

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Very cool. Didn’t know about that phenomenon.

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**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-a-water-spout-off-the-coast/401262/4 "2007-04-23T12:37:11Z")

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[QUOTE=CairoCarol]  
Very cool. Didn’t know about that phenomenon.  
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Ever heard of events where it rains fish? Thats the cause.

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**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-a-water-spout-off-the-coast/401262/5 "2007-04-23T14:18:10Z")

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Whoa doggies! That is some serious cool! There is footage of one off Miami’s downtown area that is just amazing. I loves me some weather phenomena!

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-photo-of-a-water-spout-off-the-coast/401262/6 "2007-04-23T15:38:17Z")

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Why did “penis ensues” pop into my head when I looked at that picture?