Fun With Funnel Clouds

Looking out the office window yesterday afternoon I was a bit double-taken aback to find what looked like a funnel cloud forming somewhere not at all far enough away to the south (click to quadruplify):

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Can’t say whether it was or just an illusion of perspective (more likely), but the good news either way was that it didn’t get any more ominous looking than this.