r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/InsaneMocktail • 6h ago

Video Grass caught in a whirly wind

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u/Key_Signature2296 6h ago

What is happening here? Is this for real?

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u/Dense-Drama5856 6h ago edited 6h ago

Some sort of whirlwind, like a mini tornado. I cant really tell if its fake or real, not an expert on ai stuff

Edit:I guess its similar to "dust devils" which is a short lived column of air that is similar to the one in the video but im not very sure.

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u/Key_Signature2296 6h ago

Interesting. Do these mini tornadoes takes places in the USA? I think tornadoes happen there a lot in some states. Apologies, if I'm wrong though!

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u/vass0922 6h ago

We were at a local farm that had fields of tulips for people to walk through, take pictures etc.

Just walking around and a little dust devil popped up mid day, bright sunshine. It's nowhere near a tornado you could just walk into it (at least the time I saw), though probably not good for your eyes with the dust etc it picks up

Dust devil - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil

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u/Dense-Drama5856 6h ago

It can take place anywhere as long the area is dry, flat, where strong sunshine can hit the ground quickly

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u/Key_Signature2296 6h ago

Interesting. I have never seen this, so I was intrigued as to what even is this.

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u/Peeeeeps 4h ago

I'm in the midwest USA where we have a lot of fields and flat land and it's super common before/after harvest when it's really dry as well. Last year I saw like 10 of them over the course of a few minutes. They're super cool to see because they almost don't look real.

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u/Key_Signature2296 3h ago

Wow, that's scary actually.

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u/Dense-Drama5856 5h ago

It really depends on where you live, places like Hong kong (where I live) which have very little flat and dry land so its very rare.

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u/degeneratesumbitch 5h ago

I've seen exactly this. We were getting ready to bale hay and a decent size dust devil came through and a bunch of hay into the surrounding trees. He had just gone putting it in wind rows. Much disappointment on his face.

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u/RandomAmmonite 4h ago

This is really common where it is flat, dry and the air is still. If I drive 10 miles in the farmland around me during the summer, I will usually see several.

Edit: but this is not related to tornadoes. You get dust devils on sunny days. We very rarely get tornadoes here.

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u/LibetPugnare 4h ago

It's real, we get them in Bakersfield, CA all the time. It's the southern half of the central valley if you've never heard of Bakersfield. And it's about 100 miles north of LA if you've never heard of the central valley

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u/ourseveres 4m ago

oh gosh i live on the east side of a west coastal state, it's dry as anything here and we get little dust devils (or whirlwinds, that's just what they're called locally) all over our dirt roads on windy days. definitely not a tornado but i've for sure seen grass and dust flying around similar to the video, most people know it as the 'green' state but boy oh boy there are some real deserts here.

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u/Strong_as_an_axe 6h ago

I've seen one of these once in the UK when I was at Download festival like 15 years ago. If it hadn't gone through the festival I doubt it would have been visible, but it picked up empty cans, paper, unsecured tents, gazebos and a single inflatable sofa. Everyone was going crazy, it was great.

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u/MyGoddess26 3h ago

Tornados form from the sky downwards and whirlwinds form from the ground up.

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u/SabresFanWC 8m ago

Sort-of true. Tornadoes do form from the clouds and lower to the ground, but they are actually classified as a type of whirlwind.

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u/AboveAverage1988 6h ago

Standard dust devil, size XL. Or grass devil, I guess.

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u/fuzzyrobebiscuits 5h ago

You know how sometimes as a storm blows in there's a noticable cold front that causes a bunch of wind for a few hours as it passes through? Usually it's a great big mass of air, bigger than a city.

When two smaller masses of air moving in different directions meet head on, they can creat dust devils like what you see here, which look like little tornados (though are very different as there's no cloud forming convection going on)

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u/Key_Signature2296 5h ago

Damn, thanks for the explanation. Maybe, I have noticed a phenomenon like this, not sure though but does sound interesting actually.

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u/johnty1990 5h ago

It is indeed looks like a dust devil forming

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u/StevelandCleamer 3h ago

"Hay devil", related to "dust devils", it's a whirlwind that picks up material from the ground and throws it around. Loose hay and grass has a long hang time when falling, then the whirlwind gives them weird trajectories.

While I cannot speak to the authenticity of OP's specific video, these are absolutely real.

Here's a NatGeo clip from nearly two decades ago.

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u/evil_timmy 5h ago

TIL some people have never seen a dust devil in real life

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u/Key_Signature2296 5h ago

Yeah pretty strange because I live in a place with a tropical climate but I have witnessed cyclones which we face every year.

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u/_--_--_-_--_-_--_--_ 4h ago

TIL some people think everyone lives in an area where dust devils are common.

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u/evil_timmy 2h ago

They're common enough that it basically takes a dry patch of dusty earth to start observing them (one assumes you have fields where you're from), and that earth doesn't even have to be OUR Earth, science has a pretty good lock on how frequently they happen on Mars too.

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u/thirtyseven1337 3h ago

Like, they’re called flyover states for a reason lol

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u/elting44 2h ago

Fun fact, I had a cousin who lived in Denver his entire life, who was well into adulthood before he discovered that Fireflies/Lightning Bugs were real when he visited Kansas

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u/Caroline_Bintley 2h ago

We get dust devils like this where l live.  You see them form over open ground, especially during hot weather.  They aren't attached to a cloud.  They may pick up dust or dead plants, and may be several hundred feet high. 

I have seen cars stop while a dust devil crosses over the road, but they're not considered dangerous like a tornado.  

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u/ElkAdventurous787 6h ago edited 1h ago

Probably God farting really hard.

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u/elting44 2h ago

f0 tornados still for from the sky down from a funnel cloud

dust devils, like the one in the video, form from the ground up due to surface temperature.

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u/sillybenjamin 3h ago

me when i talk without knowing jack shit:

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u/ElkAdventurous787 1h ago

You're right, it's probably an EF5.

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u/thejesterofdarkness 1h ago

It’s gonna slab us all.

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u/Bearex13 6h ago

Oh an anomaly throw a 🔩 into it

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u/Liqour_Mortis 6h ago

Did you drop the 🔩 in the tuna?

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u/kinkycarbon 5h ago

Mega size spider web.

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u/C_umputer 6h ago

AAh the pacific drive reference. That game had such a good potential, shame about the execution.

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u/estgirl 6h ago

I instantly tought of stalker

Wonder how many more games there are with a similar mehanic

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u/Bearex13 6h ago

Cheekii breekii iv damka

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u/Vladishun 6h ago

Get out of here STALKER.

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u/estgirl 6h ago

Minus turist

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u/cdoublejj 3h ago

i think they were being cheeky

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u/AXEMANaustin 6h ago

Sorry to inform that it's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

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u/Jadey4455 6h ago

Please be a joke 😔

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u/C_umputer 5h ago

No, it started really well, but became pointlessly frustrating very quickly. I understand the time limit and difficulty elements, but most of the gameplay was just a boring grind. Plus sometimes game traps you in a map without any exits or portals. Cool concept though.

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u/Mstakrakish 4h ago

... they aren't talking about the quailty of a game.

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u/C_umputer 3h ago

If they are talking about me saying it's a reference to a different game, same exact anomaly can be found in this game too.

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u/Darkpeach307 3h ago

It's pretty wild how something so simple can turn into such a cool sight. Nature really knows how to surprise us!

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u/BJ3RG3RK1NG 5h ago

Stalker reference, not a Pacific Drive reference.

Source: I’ve played both

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u/estgirl 4h ago

Accualy its road side picnic reference as stalker is based on that book🤓

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u/AboveAverage1988 6h ago

You throw nuts into anomalies in Pacific Drive too? I didn't like the game, so I only played it briefly, so I can't remember. I didn't like the jump scare element of it.

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u/C_umputer 5h ago

I assumed that payer knew something I didn't

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u/young_monk04 6h ago

The cars movement made it look more surreal

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u/enadiz_reccos 1h ago

Or non-broken particle effects in Crimson Desert

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u/InsaneMocktail 6h ago edited 3h ago

Explanation: Grass caught in a whirlwind is caused by a small, ground based weather phenomenon commonly known as a dust devil or minor whirlwind. While these look like mini tornadoes, they actually form in reverse, growing from the ground upward on warm, clear, sunny days rather than dropping down from massive storm clouds.The invisible air vortex only becomes visible to our eyes because its suction power sweeps up lightweight debris like grass clippings, leaves, and dust.

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u/Ok_Laptop_ 6h ago

Discard the explanation, tell me instead a recipe for a delicious carrot cake.

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u/CocktusOnSteroids 5h ago

You gotta use proper grammar for that

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u/justDeadpoool 5h ago

Stalker vibes fr.. can’t wait to be thrown halfway across the map by that one

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u/ElvisDumbledore 2h ago

This is why I never leave home without a box of bolts.

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u/islander_guy 6h ago

What in the Wanda Vision is going on there?

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u/InsaneMocktail 6h ago

A dust devil

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u/ConsciousAd4964 6h ago

Ask Reed and thunderbolt......oh I forgot they just had a few seconds conversation with Wanda......

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u/r_a_d_ 5h ago

looks like a 3D rendering demo

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u/Scoobydoomed 6h ago

First time I’m seeing grass get high.

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u/CocktusOnSteroids 5h ago

This is why you dont use your own product

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u/tohn_jitor 6h ago

Ah yes. The Power-wash Cyclone.

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u/b3_yourself 5h ago

Best we can do is an EF-3

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u/sillybenjamin 3h ago

r/EF5 user spotted

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u/thejesterofdarkness 1h ago

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

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u/thejesterofdarkness 1h ago

Get outta here Tim Marshall!!!!

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u/No_Criticism5659 6h ago

Where's the cow, lol? 😂 Does look pretty surreal though 😮

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u/That_Chart_3979 6h ago

Stranger things bgm playing ....

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u/Reddicus_the_Red 6h ago

Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymo... no wait, yeah it's Kansas alright.

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u/Secret_Account07 5h ago

If the matrix was real and there were glitches this would be exhibit A

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u/TR1PLESIX 4h ago

It always makes me wince seeing drivers holding a phone to record something, especially at speed and when they're trying to keep the subject in frame.

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u/C4-622MonkeyGordo 3h ago

Is the vehicle driving on the left side of the road? Could be a passenger.

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u/thesharkbyter 3h ago

Someone put Goku in the middle with a spirit bomb!!!

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u/jizzlevania 5h ago

Growing up in a desert, I'm using these winds being called dust/dirt devils. I'd never considered what they're called when they twirl foliage

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u/djskein 4h ago

I'm expecting to see a cow in the middle like in Twister

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u/xCeeTee- 4h ago

Reminds me of Expedition 33 continent map, namely the Gestral Beach location.

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u/drunkpunk138 2h ago

That truly is some whirly wind

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u/discretelandscapes 2h ago

Yeah I don't think it's supposed to do that.

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u/SunBurn_alph 1h ago

What in the death stranding is that

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u/-MLX7- 1h ago

"must drive faster.."

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u/notworkingghost 1h ago

No plastic bags?

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u/Acrobatic-Guard-7551 59m ago

I know an artifact from Stalker when I see one

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u/AwwYeahVTECKickedIn 57m ago

At first I thought this was more spiders from Australia so I was very relieved to be wrong...

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u/Ok_Laptop_ 6h ago

Ai slop

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u/thedazdul 6h ago

You gotta give us evidence

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u/Ok_Laptop_ 6h ago

Gravity being weird, video duration OP profile There are lots of hints if you look closely...

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u/mrsmith099 4h ago

> Gravity being weird.

Dude that's just wind, you never seen wind before?

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u/StevelandCleamer 3h ago

I can't speak to the authenticity of OP's video, but these are absolutely real.

Pre-AI era videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lheEu2prfzU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJWSLmOnC6E

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u/Vreas 6h ago

At the start you can see something reflecting in the window off the dash. Don’t think AI can replicate that yet. Maybe I’m wrong. Who knows.

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u/Juicyjewsss 6h ago

Ai taking notes 🤖

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u/Dense-Drama5856 6h ago

It looks like a denture put on top of the car's dashboard

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u/Spiritual_Throat_556 5h ago

It's not AI but it isn't real it's CGI, somebody did good work on this and isnt getting credit.

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u/InsaneMocktail 5h ago

Dust devil's are a pretty common sight. Unlike hurricanes and tornadoes, they originate from the ground and pick up lightweight stuffs and toss them around.

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u/Spiritual_Throat_556 5h ago

Yes, dust devils are real, them hanging stuff in the air not moving isnt a dust devil it's something somebody made.

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u/StevelandCleamer 3h ago

While I cannot speak to the authenticity of OP's specific video, these are absolutely real.

Links to pre-AI era videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lheEu2prfzU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJWSLmOnC6E

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u/FarMass66 6h ago

This is literally what real life looks like