Photographer Casey Robertson captured a dramatic waterspout off the coast of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, a set of pictures he had waited years to capture.
captured a dramatic waterspout off the coast of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, a set of pictures he had waited “years” to capture.that he had wanted to capture the rare columnar vortex for a very long time before finally achieving it over the weekend.
“Waterspouts would form but I would always just miss them, they would dissipate before I got there, or I would be off the island,” he explains. “I’m pretty happy with the results. Though a few shots I would have liked to get were rained out. It’s definitely been the largest reaction of any photos I’ve done yet.”
The remarkable images, a mixture of color and black-and-white, show dark brooding clouds with the tornado-like column spinning down to the water to create an apocalyptic scene. A throng of people is also present in some of the pictures, capturing the event on their smartphones. Robertson used a, says that he’s no “weather expert” but there are usually a couple of waterspouts every year on Ocracoke Island.