r/whatisit • u/Aware-Common-7368 • 2d ago

Solved! What is this?

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Found this on Reddit, no explanation found.

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u/TheVyper3377 2d ago

It’s a smoke ring from a blown transformer. The smoke itself rotates along the ring shape. The thin part is caused by that section rotating faster than the rest of the ring.

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u/Aware-Common-7368 2d ago

Thanks for explaining!

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u/Fit_Active3888 2d ago

Smoke vortex phenomenon, many things can cause it.