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fuzz devil...

#1 Postby pawlee » Sat May 15, 2004 8:48 pm

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down at Fairview Park here in Decatur IL, i snagged what i guess is a rare sight on video this afternoon. as per the title of this message, the cottonwood trees were releasing their seeds that were attached to little puffs of fuzz to keep them airborne. there were so many fuzz bombs floating around that it honestly looked like light snow. out in the parking lot, the puffs were whipping into little vortexes like a dust devil. i caught one of the better one's as seen in the video below. if you can't see the video, i apologize but there are screen captures at the bottom. p

fuzzdevil (1 MB WMV)
http://pawleewurx.com/vids/wx/fuzzvid3.wmv

at look at the accumulation (977 KB WMV)
http://pawleewurx.com/vids/wx/fuzzwalk2.wmv

screen capture of the vortex
http://pawleewurx.com/imgs/wxpho/wxph4/fuzz.jpg

screen capture of the accumulation
http://pawleewurx.com/imgs/wxpho/wxph4/fuzz2.jpg

(vid quality intended for dial up users. better quality short flick to come later.)
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#2 Postby Aquawind » Sat May 15, 2004 9:06 pm

Wow.. Very nice job!! Fantastic eye!! 8-) 8-)
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#3 Postby Stormsfury » Sat May 15, 2004 11:25 pm

Nice catch ... if you look even closer, you'll notice there are a couple of distinct spins within the main area of the fuzz devil ...

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#4 Postby wx247 » Sun May 16, 2004 7:15 am

Awesome video and pics pawlee!!!
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#5 Postby pawlee » Sun May 16, 2004 10:15 am

Stormsfury wrote:Nice catch ... if you look even closer, you'll notice there are a couple of distinct spins within the main area of the fuzz devil ...

SF


multiple vortexes... take cover immediately!!!
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