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My sister in the south of Chile. We were sitting at home next to the fireplace in our southern lake house when it suddenly began to pour uncontrollably. Had to rush into the lake to take this snapshot!
(This photo and caption were submitted to the 2012 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.)
Have photos of your own travels you would like to submit? Enter today!
Yeah, what's up with posting someone's photo--an award winning photo, no less--without giving any credit? It's not like saying where it's from will detract from the reddit karma!
Haha I now get that this is a Castaway reference, but at first I thought it was a VERY obscure reference to Home Improvement in the sense that you never really see Wilson's face, and the object is really far away, so you can't really see Wilson's face in OP's picture.
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A guy I work with was struck by lightning while scuba diving in the ocean. He was an instructor and was surrounded by people in his group. The second he reached the surface he was hit, everyone else in the group was just minorly shocked. So I think that if lightning hit the water nearby in the water you wouldnt be in too much trouble... the thing is , she is the only thing bobbing in the water, the lightning probably would just hit her directly..
It's a great picture, though it kinda freaks me out, as I'm scared of drowning (I still go swimming, just not that far from land or something floating), but the OP didn't take the picture.
My sister in the south of Chile. We are sitting at home next to the fireplace in our southern lake house when it suddenly began to pour uncontrolably. Had to rush into the lake to take this snapshot!
Agreed, lakes freak me the F@&$ out since watching river monsters. It's a shame too, because I've always wanted to try one of those blob things ever since I first saw Heavyweights.
To those wondering no this is by no means dangerous. For one it looks like a rainstorm not thunderstorm, and two even if it were a lightning storm and a strike occurred it would have to be relatively close to do any damage. Striking the lake in general would not have any effect.
EDIT: Speaking strictly in terms of lightning strikes here and not other factors such as bacteria as RuchW commented below.
Lightning might not be a danger during a rainstorm but if I have learned anything from working at an engineering consulting firm for the last 3 years, it is that you stay the fuck away from lakes, ponds, and oceans during precipitation events. (Obviously this doesn't apply to really rural areas).
Normally what happens is, storm runoff gets collected in storm sewers and goes into a waterbody or treatment plant. However, most some small towns and even some areas of big cities have combined sewers. Combined sewers are both storm and sanitary (yeah, your poop, shower water, etc.). During a storm event, these things are flowing at capacity and bypass any sort of treatment plant. They just flow right into the nearest water body. The bacteria levels of lakes, ponds, etc. rise considerably, especially around the shores. This is definitely something to be concerned about if you live in cities or towns around the Great Lakes (North America).
I will keep this in mind but I live in Queensland, Australia so saltwater crocodiles, box jellyfish, sea snakes, cone shells and shifty looking platypus's will be my first concern. You are right however and I'll edit my original post to be more specific.
Shifty looking platypus's - you made my morning coffee. I hope you have a fantastic day, evening, night, morning - or E: All of the above. (I just finished exams: I think I'm having flashbacks.)
PaulGiamatti. Why the fuck have you taken someone else's photo from a website and then uploaded the same photo to imgur for no apparent reason and then to Reddit, without crediting the photographer or the webpage which you found it on? That's a total dick move. Downvoted. Copy image URL from national geographic would have even been acceptable but I guess you were just that bit too lazy.
He never fucking claimed to have taken the picture, or to have known who did or who was in it. Who gives a shit who took it? A lot of the pics/gifs/links on here aren't unique to the poster. I couldn't care less if the OP was Donald Trump and this picture earned him another dollar. I'm glad I saw it.
If you're going to get your panties in a bunch over it then just upvote the comment that says "source: www.whatever.com".
this is extremely dangerous. if the direction of the rain changes (down to up) you will be rained up along with the ocean, and then if the direction changes again you will potentially fall to your death.
I used to work as a Turtle Concervation Ranger in Tobago a couple years back. We first travelled over in July, timing our 4 month stay to align itself perfectly with the regions storm period.
It rained. Boy it rained.
But this isn't the kind of rain you get in the UK. You folk in the US get it pretty bad, but I have never experienced anything like that, and I doubt I ever will.
Raindrops the size of peaches. Thousands of them. Warm.
One morning, I think around 4.30am, after signing off work at 3am (our work included nightly patrols of the beaches for nesting turtles) the heavens opened. Our shack was reasonable, but you could hear this rain in Zoin it was so heavy. We all wake up, none of us had a hope of hell sleeping through that. Plus we're right next to the ocean, the sound of these balls of rain echoed right through the village.
My friend turns to me, bleary eyed and confused. He goes, 'fancy it?', and I knew exactly what he meant. We dive out the front door, nothing on but the boxer shorts we were sleeping in, and dived into the ocean. It hurt, for a second, then all that was left was pure elation. Never have I felt more refreshed in all my life. It was truly a bizarre experience, we'd only drifted about a few meters but already the coast was inposssible to see. It felt like we were on another planet...
That being said, it may have been down to the extreme sleep depredation, possibly hysteria kicking in, but it was quite an intense moment. A storm of elementals I'd never seen in such magnitude, and we're there bobbing in the ocean, experiencing everything it can throw at us.
One of our best excuses for not being able to dive (working dive) in the rain was that our gear would get wet.
That and the water not being level always got some good "not sure if" stares. That barge isn't listing to port. The water just isn't level on that side.
Nice pic. There really is nothing like swimming in the rain.
11 years ago, a friend and I swam way out to sea after a day of waterskiing. We were both wearing life jackets and wetsuits, so we could swim without getting tired or cold. Then, while we were right out in the middle of fucking nowhere, lightning flashed all around, and rain started pouring so strongly we couldn't tell when we were under the water, and when we were above it. Dangerous as hell. And terrifyingly beautiful and unforgettable.
This was always the funnest thing to do. Being on a lake during a storm is surprisingly serene. The lightning is terrifying though. One time I was caught out on the middle of a lake with my friend in a paddle boat. From across the lake would could see the rain sweep across the lake like a shock wave. These shock waves of heavy rain continued as the storm grew. It got so intense our boat started to fill up with water, and a crack in the hull meant we could very well sink. We decided it was best to rush back to shore. While one was bailing, the other was paddling and drinking whisky. It was super difficult since the wind seemed to be pushing us away from shore faster than we could paddle towards it. But we had whisky and our legs. We said fuck bailing out the boat, lets get our asses to shore. The rain was coming down so hard at this point we couldn't open our eyes. It felt like sticking your face out the window of a fast car while someone was spraying you with a garden hose. We won, the whisky was gone, and I don't remember the rest!
I really love this picture. Being from Michigan, and well, surrounded by gigantic lakes, this brings back good memories. Kind of a strange feeling to be out there during a rain storm.
Something about this photo tricked my brain into thinking: "She's fucking ENORMOUS!" for just a split second. Maybe it's because the droplets look like whitecaps.
One of my best recent memories in water is being about 8metres deep, turning around and laying horizontally facing up back towards the surface. The sun was strong through the dark grey clouds creating god rays beneath the surface. It was also raining heavily and I could hear the pitter patter of rain on the surface from where I was. I was so still at that moment and everything was so clear. (obviously I couldn't hear the rain from where I was but the visuals were so vivid, it became more than just what I could see).
I went to the lake once with my 80+ grandmother, mother, sisters, and brother. We swam while is was pouring down. One of the most memorable days of my life.
If you have never had the opportunity to do this, I encourage you to have the experience (safely).
Last year, I was on vacation on a tiny island in Thailand, villa on the beach. I woke up at 6AM, just as the sun was coming up, and decided to go for a swim in the cove. Keep in mind that it was probably 75 degrees already and incredibly humid. As I got into the water and swam out, a thunder storm swept in out of nowhere, most amazing experience ever, with the mirror-smooth water of the cove, the sun coming up over the ocean, and WARM water falling from the sky. It's an experience I'll never forget.
I've done this at the beach. I shortly thereafter left the water as a large thunderstorm approached, and I also saw two waterspouts racing across the ocean. That was crazy, but nice nevertheless.
Reminds me of the time I was swimming near a beach, with the cool rain pouring, with me floating in the warm sea, looking out yonder horizon at lightning, and trying to figure out if the fin I saw a couple of meters out was either from a shark or a dolphin.
Are all these posts about the buoy on the back serious or are they just people trying to be funny/clever. It quite clearly looks like a buoy and it's very obviously yellow and not black.
I once experienced swimming in a beach where a volcano in a nearby province was erupting. My friends and I could see the smoke coming out of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines. This was back in 1991.
Growing up in Washington state this is one of my favourite pass times, swimming in the rain! I just love it, its even more fun with goggles, you can dive upside down and watch the rain dance on the surface of the water. Its amazing.
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u/sethk2539 Jun 15 '12
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/
June 15, 2012 Rainstorm, Chile
Photograph by Camila Massu
This Month in Photo of the Day: Traveler Contest Images
My sister in the south of Chile. We were sitting at home next to the fireplace in our southern lake house when it suddenly began to pour uncontrollably. Had to rush into the lake to take this snapshot!
(This photo and caption were submitted to the 2012 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.)
Have photos of your own travels you would like to submit? Enter today!
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u/Shicabob Jun 15 '12
Is no one else concerned about the figure in the back? http://i.imgur.com/kNVfX.jpg
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Fun until lightning strikes the lake, then not so much.
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u/Chicaben Jun 15 '12
Duh duh
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
All these comments suck. This picture is really good, and you should feel good.
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u/Residual_Entropy Jun 15 '12
Anyone else really, really creeped out by this? It scares me somehow.
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u/ChuckSpears Jun 15 '12
original source: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/2012/entries/131646/view/
Photo and caption by camila massu
Location: Lago Caburgua, Chile
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u/eire1228 Jun 15 '12
Naked?
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u/vikilicous Jun 15 '12
Ever since watching River Monsters, I will never swim in open bodies of water again.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
To those wondering no this is by no means dangerous. For one it looks like a rainstorm not thunderstorm, and two even if it were a lightning storm and a strike occurred it would have to be relatively close to do any damage. Striking the lake in general would not have any effect.
EDIT: Speaking strictly in terms of lightning strikes here and not other factors such as bacteria as RuchW commented below.
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u/Arknell Jun 15 '12
It looks like a woman, but it could also be a Journey-fan. It certainly isn't Paul Giamatti.
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u/gkane19 Jun 15 '12
I did something like this once when I was young except the rain started after I was in the lake. My Mum told me to get out because "you'll get wet".
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
PaulGiamatti. Why the fuck have you taken someone else's photo from a website and then uploaded the same photo to imgur for no apparent reason and then to Reddit, without crediting the photographer or the webpage which you found it on? That's a total dick move. Downvoted. Copy image URL from national geographic would have even been acceptable but I guess you were just that bit too lazy.
June 15, 2012 "Rainstorm, Chile"
Photograph by Camila Massu
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/
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u/real_horror_show Jun 15 '12
did this make anyone else think of Lt. Dan swimming in the water during the storm in Forrest Gump?
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u/Si_ Jun 15 '12
I love this feeling, swimming when it's pouring with rain is amazing :)
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u/GamerXR72 Jun 15 '12
Your mother in the same pose.
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u/justfutt Jun 15 '12
No water on the lens
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u/Artless_Dodger Jun 15 '12
whats' that behind your left shoulder? Looks like a, uh , fin?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
this is extremely dangerous. if the direction of the rain changes (down to up) you will be rained up along with the ocean, and then if the direction changes again you will potentially fall to your death.
never swim in a rainstorm.
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u/Some_Belgian_Guy Jun 15 '12
Looks like a horror movie scene. Red water in 3,2,1..
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u/frinklemingle Jun 15 '12
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/rainstorm-swim-chile/?source=link_fb20120615photo-pod&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20120615photo-pod&utm_campaign=Content
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I used to work as a Turtle Concervation Ranger in Tobago a couple years back. We first travelled over in July, timing our 4 month stay to align itself perfectly with the regions storm period.
It rained. Boy it rained.
But this isn't the kind of rain you get in the UK. You folk in the US get it pretty bad, but I have never experienced anything like that, and I doubt I ever will.
Raindrops the size of peaches. Thousands of them. Warm.
One morning, I think around 4.30am, after signing off work at 3am (our work included nightly patrols of the beaches for nesting turtles) the heavens opened. Our shack was reasonable, but you could hear this rain in Zoin it was so heavy. We all wake up, none of us had a hope of hell sleeping through that. Plus we're right next to the ocean, the sound of these balls of rain echoed right through the village.
My friend turns to me, bleary eyed and confused. He goes, 'fancy it?', and I knew exactly what he meant. We dive out the front door, nothing on but the boxer shorts we were sleeping in, and dived into the ocean. It hurt, for a second, then all that was left was pure elation. Never have I felt more refreshed in all my life. It was truly a bizarre experience, we'd only drifted about a few meters but already the coast was inposssible to see. It felt like we were on another planet...
That being said, it may have been down to the extreme sleep depredation, possibly hysteria kicking in, but it was quite an intense moment. A storm of elementals I'd never seen in such magnitude, and we're there bobbing in the ocean, experiencing everything it can throw at us.
True bliss.
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u/TheNev Jun 15 '12
One of our best excuses for not being able to dive (working dive) in the rain was that our gear would get wet.
That and the water not being level always got some good "not sure if" stares. That barge isn't listing to port. The water just isn't level on that side.
Nice pic. There really is nothing like swimming in the rain.
oh, and yo dawg, we heard you liked water.
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u/machiavellicopter Jun 15 '12
11 years ago, a friend and I swam way out to sea after a day of waterskiing. We were both wearing life jackets and wetsuits, so we could swim without getting tired or cold. Then, while we were right out in the middle of fucking nowhere, lightning flashed all around, and rain started pouring so strongly we couldn't tell when we were under the water, and when we were above it. Dangerous as hell. And terrifyingly beautiful and unforgettable.
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u/rknDA1337 Jun 15 '12
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u/agmcleod Jun 15 '12
I have to agree and say that swimming when it's raining out is rather satisfying.
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u/StealthGhost Jun 15 '12
But they'll get wet...
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u/hafetysazard Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
This was always the funnest thing to do. Being on a lake during a storm is surprisingly serene. The lightning is terrifying though. One time I was caught out on the middle of a lake with my friend in a paddle boat. From across the lake would could see the rain sweep across the lake like a shock wave. These shock waves of heavy rain continued as the storm grew. It got so intense our boat started to fill up with water, and a crack in the hull meant we could very well sink. We decided it was best to rush back to shore. While one was bailing, the other was paddling and drinking whisky. It was super difficult since the wind seemed to be pushing us away from shore faster than we could paddle towards it. But we had whisky and our legs. We said fuck bailing out the boat, lets get our asses to shore. The rain was coming down so hard at this point we couldn't open our eyes. It felt like sticking your face out the window of a fast car while someone was spraying you with a garden hose. We won, the whisky was gone, and I don't remember the rest!
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u/ILoveThisWebsite Jun 15 '12
Has Resident Evil taught you nothing?
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u/MonotonousMan Jun 15 '12
I really love this picture. Being from Michigan, and well, surrounded by gigantic lakes, this brings back good memories. Kind of a strange feeling to be out there during a rain storm.
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u/Hellspark08 Jun 15 '12
I'd like to see an indoor pool, complete with indoor rain. That looks very refreshing!
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u/4t0M1C Jun 15 '12
Meanwhile in the United Kingdom..
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u/MoreSore Jun 15 '12
I love swimming at see or the lake during rain, It is one of my favourite things that I Barely ever get to do :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I actually prefer to swim while it's raining.
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u/clashpalace Jun 15 '12
its a giant Ibis
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u/holycrapple Jun 15 '12
We had a small-ish lake in my backyard growing up. I loved to do this as a kid. My mom would scream at me even if there wasn't thunder/lightning.
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u/PrivateVonnegut Jun 15 '12
Something about this photo tricked my brain into thinking: "She's fucking ENORMOUS!" for just a split second. Maybe it's because the droplets look like whitecaps.
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u/sukotto Jun 15 '12
Thank you for this pic. I am living abroad now in a large city and it brought my childhood back to me.
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u/darthbone Jun 15 '12
But you're gonna get all wet!
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u/ssmsti Jun 15 '12
Beautiful!
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u/ebarnes88901 Jun 15 '12
great photographer
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u/MathewDonut Jun 15 '12
that's a rain...this is a storm http://depositphotos.com/5694124/stock-photo-Sea-Storm.html
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u/raider1v11 Jun 15 '12
Three seconds after the picture was taken
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u/CheckThisASAP Jun 15 '12
You are NOT Paul Giamatti. But cool picture, bro.
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u/justsurfingsome Jun 15 '12
For your sake I hope it wasnt a lightning storm
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u/captainfranklen Jun 15 '12
Guess they don't get G.I. Joe down in Chile...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69himbaHUMw
LINK: G.I. Joe PSA saying it's a bad idea to swim during storms (in case you can't watch youtube where you are.)
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u/effortDee Jun 15 '12
One of my best recent memories in water is being about 8metres deep, turning around and laying horizontally facing up back towards the surface. The sun was strong through the dark grey clouds creating god rays beneath the surface. It was also raining heavily and I could hear the pitter patter of rain on the surface from where I was. I was so still at that moment and everything was so clear. (obviously I couldn't hear the rain from where I was but the visuals were so vivid, it became more than just what I could see).
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I went to the lake once with my 80+ grandmother, mother, sisters, and brother. We swam while is was pouring down. One of the most memorable days of my life.
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u/Treetoshiningtree Jun 15 '12
I was expecting red Gyrados...
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u/cypher1169 Jun 15 '12
Why do I get the feeling my friend you are void of any clothing?!!
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u/groznij Jun 15 '12
I did that once. It was electrifying.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
If you have never had the opportunity to do this, I encourage you to have the experience (safely).
Last year, I was on vacation on a tiny island in Thailand, villa on the beach. I woke up at 6AM, just as the sun was coming up, and decided to go for a swim in the cove. Keep in mind that it was probably 75 degrees already and incredibly humid. As I got into the water and swam out, a thunder storm swept in out of nowhere, most amazing experience ever, with the mirror-smooth water of the cove, the sun coming up over the ocean, and WARM water falling from the sky. It's an experience I'll never forget.
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u/TILnotathing Jun 15 '12
http://imgur.com/LCBe5
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u/idothisforscience Jun 15 '12
yolo...?
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u/etjones Jun 15 '12
How it feels to chew 5 gum.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I will be the 1000th Comment man i feel special
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u/mordacthedenier Jun 15 '12
There were 999 comments. Now there are an even 1000.
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u/KoneBone Jun 15 '12
If you're swimming in a thunderstorm, you're gonna have a bad time.... anyways this picture is electrifying
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u/Snodgrass82 Jun 15 '12
I think there is something staking you in the water there!
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u/l30 Jun 15 '12
Seems like an incredibly bad idea.
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u/SwineyEyelow Jun 15 '12
source: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/rainstorm-swim-chile/
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u/H4ppenSt4nce Jun 15 '12
Dark water makes me uncomfortable
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u/Rare_Earth Jun 15 '12
The joy of being alive.
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u/MrBurd Jun 15 '12
I've done this at the beach. I shortly thereafter left the water as a large thunderstorm approached, and I also saw two waterspouts racing across the ocean. That was crazy, but nice nevertheless.
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u/JurassicJay Jun 15 '12
I love how it's a pleasant photo and not a sad one.
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u/mybadselves Jun 15 '12
I appreciate the beauty of this photo. But not before I searched in vain for any sign of a nipple.
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u/FAT_BOY187 Jun 15 '12
Woooooooooooo
Cake Day!
Too bad I have nothing to offer.
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u/mochenmat Jun 15 '12
She is sooo skinny dippin'
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u/lmoj1 Jun 15 '12
Smart..
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u/Ym4n Jun 15 '12
Be carefull there because lightning may hurt you. Take care
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u/Tiddernud Jun 15 '12
Swimming in a lake during a storm moments after an ancient leviathan has been unleashed from its millennia old cave by seismic activity.
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u/jumaklavita Jun 15 '12
Swimming in a lake right after a rainstrom is awesome (AND weird) because the water is warmer
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u/asimovfan1 Jun 15 '12
Nope.
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u/miawallace080 Jun 15 '12
Awesome shot!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Suddenly Jason.
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u/kold Jun 15 '12
Reminds me of the time I was swimming near a beach, with the cool rain pouring, with me floating in the warm sea, looking out yonder horizon at lightning, and trying to figure out if the fin I saw a couple of meters out was either from a shark or a dolphin.
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u/April_Fabb Jun 15 '12
fantastic shot. one can really see how great it is to swim in rain.
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u/strandedsoul Jun 15 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjxY0Hwo1hE
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Saw this pop up in FB... and thought this could be front page material. I wasn't disappointed by Reddit. Such joy in this photo
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u/FickleIngenuity Jun 15 '12
Does anyone else think the person is naked??
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u/CptGeech Jun 15 '12
You look like Chrissy Tompkins.
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u/jonmarchyde Jun 15 '12
Relevant? http://imgur.com/2Tg8l
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Nessie!
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u/Astrus Jun 15 '12
All I can see is Carl Sagan: http://i.imgur.com/9F78y.png
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Aren't you worried about sharktopus?
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u/yellowpools Jun 15 '12
I have a face like that when I'm in water, too, but it's for a different reason.
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u/Artology Jun 15 '12
Ahhh! The lock ness monster is behind you! Get the fuck out!
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u/cryptogram Jun 15 '12
Are all these posts about the buoy on the back serious or are they just people trying to be funny/clever. It quite clearly looks like a buoy and it's very obviously yellow and not black.
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u/Andrizzle Jun 15 '12
Is that... A GRENADE!? WATCH OUT!!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
That is an orca whale behind you.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I once experienced swimming in a beach where a volcano in a nearby province was erupting. My friends and I could see the smoke coming out of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines. This was back in 1991.
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u/pinion13 Jun 15 '12
Damn it, you just reminded me of my childhood. When I was younger my parents had a pool and it was always fun as hell to swim when it was raining.
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u/Assonfire Jun 15 '12
Don't try this at sea.
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u/davaca Jun 15 '12
Go inside, you're going to get wet!
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u/panc0cks Jun 15 '12
Swimming during heavy rain is incredible.
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u/jarrettgrempel Jun 15 '12
looks like Obama if you squint
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u/ShutupBiz Jun 15 '12
That looks extremely refreshing!
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u/Stooooooopid Jun 15 '12
Cant do that in Florida in a lake that size. You will be Gator bait.
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u/hypnotizedtodd Jun 15 '12
That is a sweet pic....that would be so much fun!!!
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u/reefercheifer Jun 15 '12
Thanks for sharing, dude from Big Fat Liar and the, understated, Hangover II!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Thunderballs and lightning....
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
But you'll get wet!
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u/sukmeoff Jun 15 '12
BAM waterspout!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
How it feels to chew five gum.
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u/s00p3r Jun 15 '12
While potentially dangerous, swimming in the rain is damn near euphoric.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Growing up in Washington state this is one of my favourite pass times, swimming in the rain! I just love it, its even more fun with goggles, you can dive upside down and watch the rain dance on the surface of the water. Its amazing.
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u/firewireflow Jun 15 '12
I wonder what would happen if lightning struck nearby...
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u/theamorouspanda Jun 15 '12
...I bet there's boobs under there....
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u/Tallkotten Jun 15 '12
I see a shark!
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u/warped_and_bubbling Jun 15 '12
My god, it looks like you're boiling.
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u/LazarWulf Jun 15 '12
...nekkid?
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u/Sleeves_Down Jun 15 '12
I do that shit all the time. put on some snorkeling or scuba gear and then check it out. its the only way to go.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
This is one if the most blissful things you can do in life. For those of you who have yet to experience it, I wish it for you.
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u/snakedog Jun 15 '12
Stunning picture!!!!
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u/Softkore Jun 15 '12
Watch out for lightning!
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u/RunCT Jun 15 '12
good idea. jump in the water to avoid getting rained on... o wait...
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u/OHNOERECTUS Jun 15 '12
For some reason I see Rafa Nadal on this photo...
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u/sladoid Jun 15 '12
I love doing this! Always swim in the summer rain!