Published on 16 Sep 2012.
THERE'S something mean and magical about Australia's Outback. An Alice Springs filmmaker captured both when a whirlwind of fire erupted before his eyes.
Chris Tangey of Alice Springs Film and Television was scouting locations near Curtin Springs station, about 80km from Ularu, last week when confronted by a fiery phenomenon.
He had just finished his tour of the station when workers encountered difficulties with a grader. So he went to help them.
A small fire was burning in nearby bushland, so Mr Tangey decided to start filming.
He caught the sight of his life.
A twister touched down on the spot fire, fanning it into a furious tower of flame.
"It sounded like a jet fighter going by, yet there wasn't a breath of wind where we were," he told the Northern Territory News.
"You would have paid $1000 a head if you knew it was about to happen."
The column of fire danced about the landscape for about 40 minutes, he said, as he and the station workers stood transfixed.
There was talk of making a quick getaway, Mr Tangey said. But everyone was too hypnotised to feel scared - and he continued furiously filming.
"The bizarre thing was that it rarely moved," he said.
"These things just stood there because there was no wind to move them ... but it was flickering incredibly fast."
Darwin weather forecaster David Matthews said small twisters were common in isolated areas. But the fiery vortex was highly unusual.
"The flames would have assisted by trying to suck in air and that could have helped generate those circular winds," Mr Matthews said.
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Comment by Mike Cebhoo on September 17, 2012 at 2:38pm There is something you don't see every day. Or ever. Great capture.
Comment by Zora J on September 17, 2012 at 1:15pm pretty riveting, for sure! I guess I wouldn't be saying that if it was heading my way, lol.
Love the photos posted by Aleta below...wow....that is truly spectacular!
Comment by Aleta Byron on September 17, 2012 at 11:32am The sight kind of reminded me of a Djinn. Have you heard of a Djinn? In the west, you would call Djinn's, Genies. Do you remember seeing cartoon pictures of a Genie male; where the upper half of his body looks like a man (or a man with horns coming out the sides of the man's head) but the bottom half looks like a cyclone? It is not uncommon to hear about Ifrit (Fire) Djinns that become as bright as a supernova; just a cyclone of fire. This video reminds me of an Ifrit Fire Djinn. I have seen many different kinds of Djinns before, right here in America. Some not nice and some that are nice.
I think the power of a Djinn is awesome. The capability to shapeshift, to manipulate minds, to turn into an animal, or an element, etc. I've spoken with a few. Just because a being has horns does not make it evil automatically. It is what the Djinn does that matters and that's the determinent of whether the Djinn is good or bad. (Same concept applies to humans.)
Namaste
Comment by tina laurent on September 17, 2012 at 9:23am That`s some scary sight.
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