Tornado Over Lake Creates Portal Illusion

A tornado spinning over a lake, resembling a portal to another world, was captured by drone footage in Canada, complete with a double rainbow.
Jul 30, 2026
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The probability of seeing such a phenomenon was vanishingly small, but, as it turned out, not zero.

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Yuri Skulyberdin / City Media

Nature has an endless supply of surprises for humanity to uncover and witness. With modern technology, this process has become much faster. Recently, researchers using artificial intelligence discovered 70 volcanoes on the ocean floor, and now another team of enthusiasts has shown an extraordinary natural phenomenon that is no less astonishing.

The incredible video has already garnered over 200,000 likes.

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otus_project / Instagram (an extremist organization banned in Russia)

The Otus team, which specializes in filming tornadoes with drones, published a magical video. In it, the vortex spins not over land, but over a lake, resembling a huge open portal to another world. The double rainbow that appeared over the funnel adds extra magic. Winx, if this is your doing, it’s time to confess.

According to the researchers, they captured this natural phenomenon in Canada near the village of Tulliby Lake. The team had to put in a lot of effort. They drove 18 hours by car and stayed overnight nearby to get the best shots.

— Interesting fact: this was our longest tornado flight to date. I held the drone on its side to get the best signal, — shared the team’s pilot.

It is impossible to see such beauty from the ground because the double rainbow appears due to the abundance of droplets in the tornado funnel that refract light. Internet users cannot contain their surprise and delight. Even though the researchers have been filming tornadoes for years and post all videos in their blog, their subscribers still find it hard to believe that such beauty is not the work of artificial intelligence.

— This is absolutely stunning. Probably the first drone video of a vortex over a lake in such clear form, — one commentator said.

— I can’t find words to express my emotions, — wrote naturalist photographer Will Eads, who specializes in lightning and storms.

— Probably one of the most beautiful tornadoes I’ve ever seen, — said tannercharleschasing.

Russian stylist Vlad Lisovets could not pass by such beauty.

— They claim it’s not AI, but there are doubts, it’s too beautiful, — the stylist wrote in his blog and posted the video.

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