Walking yesterday here on the Big Island, this dust devil spun up sending sand and debris airborne. These rotary circulations occur when a patch of ground is heated, in turn heating the air above it. This heated air becomes buoyant and begins rising. The rush of air to replace this rising column of air begins to rotate and what we see in this video takes place. Wind speeds in these dust devils can reach 50 or 60 mph—which appears to have happened here. Some more extreme dust devils have generate

Devil's Island Playthrough 😱🔥🤘🦾 | Nick Menza

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Looming ominously off the coast of French Guiana in South America, a mere 8.5 miles or 13.76 kilometers away, stands Devil’s Island, or Île Du Diable, as it's known in French. The island's memorable name alludes to its chilling past as a ruthless penal colony, where its isolation, climate, and brutal prison culture led to deaths of tens of thousands of prisoners. Today, we're going to take a trip to this small, but very deadly island, and delve into its history of violence, its unique geography,