Watch this stunning video of a tornado captured by drone

A new perspective on a powerful force of nature.
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Watch this stunning video of a tornado captured by drone
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A drone captured this absolutely bonkers footage of a tornado from the air on Tuesday. It followed the small twister for several minutes as it traversed open land near Sulphur, Oklahoma.

It's stunning to see the tornado churning across the landscape for several minutes before finally dying out. It's especially cool at about the 1:30 mark when it rips right over a pond, sucking up water into its vortex.

The video was captured by Brandon Clement, a storm chaser who caught a break as a lack of rain and hail gave his drone a clear, unobstructed view of the tornado.

Clement told the Washington Post, “It wasn’t an overly strong tornado and didn’t do any damage, so my reaction seeing this was pure joy."

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.


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