Real or not?

[JamesM]

Apparantly this photo was taken by someone working on the rig. He was trying to take a picture of the lightning and was unaware of the tornado untill it was illuminated by the lightning.

Lariat Sandridge Energy, South of Ft Stockton, TX. April 2, 2009

[baj666]

Originally Posted by JamesM

Apparantly this photo was taken by someone working on the rig. He was trying to take a picture of the lightning and was unaware of the tornado untill it was illuminated by the lightning.

Lariat Sandridge Energy, South of Ft Stockton, TX. April 2, 2009

i would think that close to a twister he could'nt keep the cam still to take the pic....fake

[larby]

Fake - If he didn't know the twister was there, what was he taking a photo of? No one has the reactions to take a photo of lightning so there's no way it was that!
Looks to me like the lightning is travelling from the cloud to the ground to me, which is also incorrect, it shoots from the ground up, as far as i know!

Cracking bit of editing though!

James

[Ben]

Here you go.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/oilrigtornado.asp

[Andy B]

Originally Posted by larby

Fake - If he didn't know the twister was there, what was he taking a photo of? No one has the reactions to take a photo of lightning so there's no way it was that!
Looks to me like the lightning is travelling from the cloud to the ground to me, which is also incorrect, it shoots from the ground up, as far as i know!

Cracking bit of editing though!

James

And that the surfaces of the rig facing the lightning are dark!

[gazza]

Nice Derrick JBD


gaZ

[Matt]

The original/genuine photo is awesome enough - it's weird that anyone would think it was missing an oil rig.