Waterspout
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A waterspout is a rotating column of air that occurs over a body of water, usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud in contact with the water and a cumuliform cloud. There are two types of waterspou
Non-tornadic waterspout off the coast of Thailand, 9 December 2016
A family of four waterspouts seen on Lake Huron, 9 September 1999
Four waterspouts seen in the Florida Keys, 5 June 2009
Waterspout in the Tasman Sea, 29 January 2009
Mary Celeste
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Mary Celeste was a Canadian-built, American-registered, merchant brigantine that was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on December 4, 1872.
Waterspout
…midshipman aboard the frigate Venus during the 1806 campaign under Admiral Senyavin. A waterspout has been proposed as a reason for the abandonment of the Mary Celeste. Fire whirl…
1861 painting of Amazon
Spencers Island, photographed in 2011
A painting by George McCord of New York Harbor in the 19th century
Sir James Cochrane, who oversaw the salvage court hearings