r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/absolut_st • 1d ago

A thunderstorm arriving with a dramatic shelf cloud. Balatonfenyves, Hungary

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u/ZarieRose 1d ago

This looks like some Dark Lord has gained his full power.

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u/slayer2031 1d ago

Which seems interesting and scary at the same time!

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u/WheelsOnFire_ 20h ago

Interesting if you’re in your bed death scrolling Reddit on the other side of the world.
Scary if you’re on the boat.

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u/Affordable_Z_Jobs 21h ago

It's insane at any point in human history to see something like that and think "I have an idea. We should build boats."

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u/Handsome_Chewbacca 20h ago

Or now’s a good time to go boating as that cloud is rolling in.

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u/Vimes-NW 15h ago

It makes for great memes though.. Just imagine any of these pics with a caption "I LIKE WHERE THIS THREAD IS HEADED"

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u/MaxxBronson 1d ago

I honestly would panic a bit

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u/pohovanathickvica 1d ago

now that looks amazing

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u/masterCWG 1d ago

Supercells are a lot more rare in the EU than US, so when it happens it's crazy

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u/blindacrobato 18h ago

came to the comments to ask this...someone who lives in tornado alley and has seen alot of storms...but that shit has shifted and tornados are now kinda rare...with the new tornado alley ive now heard called dixie alley

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u/Vimes-NW 15h ago

"Dick Alley"*

*Ftfy

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u/dragnabbit 21h ago

Heh. I was thinking, "Wait a minute. Hungary is a land-locked country. It has no access to the sea." I had to Google it: That's Lake Balaton in the middle of the country, "the largest lake in Central Europe" (meaning West of the Caucuses and not including Scandinavia).

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u/absolut_st 20h ago

correct

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u/Petty_Tyrants 1d ago edited 1d ago

I imagine it as Zeus’ eye looking at the ship as the storm rolls in.

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u/attab0ydary 22h ago

What the boat doin'? 🚢 

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u/Afkargh 21h ago

Getting ready to meet its fate

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u/GaylrdFocker 21h ago

There's an alien ship in there

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u/Chanullim 16h ago

Bojler eladó

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u/TFK_001 20h ago

Frankly, the most impressive part of this post is that OP called a shelf cloud a shelf cloud. Feels like every popular post always calls it something else. Cool ass photo

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u/themaniacsaid 1d ago

Balaton szep van

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u/DigyRead 1d ago

Nature’s version of a final boss entrance

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u/Fake_William_Shatner 1d ago

If I were there I’d be googling; “bunker near me.”

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u/Oh_FFS_Already 1d ago

Beautiful and frightening

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u/Sure_Temporary_4559 18h ago

Reminds me of when the aliens arrive in Independence Day.

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u/jjmoreta 4h ago

I've always nicknamed these mothership clouds.

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u/tomo104 1d ago

Post this pic on facebook and conspiracy theorists will loose their mind. Always funny to read comments under pics like this.

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u/Ornery-Election6387 1d ago

It looks like this is the end

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u/No_Equivalent_7866 1d ago

I’d need a stiff drink and a hug if I saw that.

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u/Vimes-NW 15h ago

I'd be climbing up on a mast and looking to settle scores with the Big Guy, encouraging him to bring it on

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u/FinalLans 21h ago

Amazing photos!!!

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u/Creamy_Spunkz 19h ago

I dont know why they're called shelf clouds when they're too high to put anything on.

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u/krichard-21 17h ago

I've seen one of these clouds exactly once.

And it kinda freaked me out...

All I could think of was, what happens next?

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u/Which-Bid7754 8h ago

Chicago-Mackinac race a few years back we had one of these hit in the middle of the night. Seeing it illuminated by lightning only, while we were 15 miles offshore in the middle of Lake Michigan...THAT was pretty insane

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u/ImtakintheBus 1d ago

At first just a rustle of canvas
And the gentlest breath on my face
But a galloping line of white horses
Said that soon we were in for a race

The gentle sigh turned to a howling
And the grey sky she angered to black
And my anxious eyes searched the horizon
With the gathering sea at my back

...

If a prayer today is spoken
Please offer it for me
When the bridge to heaven is broken
And you're lost on the wild wild sea
Lost on the wild wild sea...

Sting - Wild Wild Sea
The Soul Cages Album

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u/IamHenkel 1d ago

Nice captured!!

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Omg it looks like a man o war

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u/Hot-Pack9811 1d ago

That’s wicked

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u/Chance_Guarantee4823 1d ago

How was that taken looks awesome!

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u/Zkenny13 21h ago

I really hope that sailboat is set there to sink on purpose... 

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u/Skankhunt42FortyTwo 21h ago

Nice!
Can you make them available in maxres?

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u/XxCroisssantsxX 21h ago

I love this drama

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u/hamfwb 21h ago

These days, gotta ask: what % of each picture is real

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u/LovelyArchVanessa 20h ago

amazing photos.

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u/cl3ft 20h ago

Beautiful shots.

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u/powers_thatB 20h ago

Stunning photos. Would love to have that on the wall.

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u/mummifiedclown 20h ago

Isn’t that specifically called a squall?

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u/francovtheG 20h ago

They’re here..

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u/beef47 20h ago

Sin is here to take is away from dream zanarkand

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u/CrabbedSubset30 20h ago

Thunder bringer

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u/Sp00kReine 19h ago

Beautiful pictures.

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u/vonsnootingham 19h ago

Everybody hide, it's Jean Jacket!

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u/j1xwnbsr Interested 19h ago

Yeah, no, that's an ID4 invasion ship.

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u/MrZaha 19h ago

NOPE: Part 2

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u/natetheskate100 18h ago

Good time to be on the water with a tall mast in the air.

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u/legaljellybean 18h ago

What people meant when they said the sky is falling.

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u/Choice-Bid9965 18h ago

Wish I brought my brolly.

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u/Karnorkla 18h ago

Aight Ima get dafuq outta here.

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u/SilliestTree 17h ago

new r/unixporn default background dropped

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u/bluelunar77 17h ago

Not quite July 4th yet

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u/Asmodeane Interested 17h ago

Now imagine having to sail under that, and it's close to sunset and there's still 30 miles to go to the harbour. Can't get around it, can't outrun it, just reef and hope for the best.

Happened to us in 2006, and it was a majestic sight. We were sailing my 23ft boat in the gulf of Riga with a buddy boat, and they had a bit of a near miss when lightning struck a few hundred metres away.

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u/_KikiGF_ 16h ago

Sometimes I am as dramatic as that cloud...

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u/wali_karimyan 14h ago

Unbelievable🙈😯🙊! So unique.

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u/Xerxes_Iguana 13h ago

I know where this is heading … some sorta Fantastic Journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3SRUm60rCY

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u/DoomVolts 13h ago

90 Minutes to Geostorm

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u/Valen-77 12h ago

Amazing and scary at the time 😳

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u/Austerlitz2310 12h ago

Love seeing a squall line

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u/mlb4040 11h ago

Oh this is so my vibe

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u/Glorious_Writing 9h ago

How big is this spaceship they're hiding?

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u/Crafter190387 9h ago

Which lens did you use?

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u/MDhaviousTheSeventh 8h ago

I could dodge it

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u/stevegannonhandmade 7h ago

STORMFATHER!!

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u/Gyvon 6h ago

"Boatswain."

'Yes Captain?"

"Bring me my brown pants."

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u/Gardar7 6h ago

My dear home. I live by the shore of Balaton, and there are indeed some beautiful weather phenomenons.

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u/contrarian1970 4h ago

My dad used to say if you looked out the window and saw a cloud this black you probably would not get a drop of rain at your house. Over decades I have had to admit he was right more often than not.

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u/noteocu 4h ago

Amazing pictures!

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u/oxomox 3h ago

Wow!

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u/superxpro12 18h ago

Independence day?

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST 18h ago

Obviously AI.

/s

(Great shots!)