Sunset Larger version, 2272 x 1704 pixels: http://static.flickr.com/21/30257751_2d1fe0b305_o. ... (static.flickr.com/21/30257751_2d1fe0b305_o.jpg) Via: http://flickr.com/photos/rainonline/30257751/ A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel -shaped cloud ) that occurs over a body of water and is connected to a cumuliform cloud . In the common form, it is a nonsupercell tornado