Weird black ring appears in the sky over England

Just found this video thru liveleak. I found the equivalent on YT, so embedded here:

A schoolgirl was stunned when when she looked into the sky to see this enormous unexplained black ring. Georgina Heap, 16, was playing tennis with mum Jo when she was stopped in her tracks by the fascinating sight. Gazing into the sky, the pair saw a clearly defined black circle which looked like a giant smoke ring. The ring remained there for around three minutes before disappearing completely. The spectacle, which took place near Leamington Spa on Friday evening, has stumped officials

Anyone knows what this is exactly ? It sure looks like a giant smoke ring. But what could cause it?

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It's a toroidal smoke cloud.

Can be caused by smoke coming out of a cylindrical container [gasoline in a garbage can, for example]. They actually tighten as they rise and can linger for quite a long time in calm conditions.

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Ahh, it was called "toroidal". Thanks for the help in clearing that one up

Googling images with that name turn up some awesome examples.

source

It is also possible for volcanoes to produce ring-shaped vortices:

This is definitely someone putting too much fire lighter on their dome BBQ and taking the lid off fast!

Its actually quite amazing how long one lasts when its really smoky.

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That is some incredible footage. I have seen it before. That's why i was a bit puzzled, since last time i checked, there were no volcano's in England

Thanks for your input

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If that is the case, i think it got a bit overcooked

Draupnir

kloejen
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That is some incredible footage. I have seen it before. That's why i was a bit puzzled, since last time i checked, there were no volcano's in England

Thanks for your input

Yeah -- That's why I worded my post the way I did: i.e, "It is also possible for volcanoes to produce ring-shaped vortices".

That was not meant to be an explanation of the England ring, but merely to point out that these smoke rings can have relatively ordinary explanations -- whether it be from volcanoes or from explosive bursts that can occur within man-made chimneys.

I mean, one can imagine that if a volcano can create such a vortex that the same could be created by artificial means (whether on purpose or incidental to some industrial process).


EDIT TO ADD:

The below article gives a few other examples of artificially produced and natural ring vortices:
The Mystery behind Smoke Rings

No volcanoes in Virginia either, but there is a "Volcano".

We have made massive smoke rings in the past using gasoline and a round can. Nothing to see here but a neat smoke ring, move along.

draknoir2

Hey if I'm not mistaken, that's the Volcano at Kings Dominion in VA... my favorite roller coaster of all time!
And yes I've seen the rings.

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one has to wonder - who were the " stumped officials " ?

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It's a ring of flying insects.

Seen them before and they've been spotted many times before. They usually appear above and around large trees.

When they swarm they form these shapes.

NOT smoke.

its those death eaters at it again where is harry potter when you need him

Bone75

draknoir2

Hey if I'm not mistaken, that's the Volcano at Kings Dominion in VA... my favorite roller coaster of all time!
And yes I've seen the rings.

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Yep. The same rings that stumped the "UFO Researcher" in the news video, even though it belches one out at regular intervals and has a busy theme park built around it. :-))

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Actually there are quite a lot of volcanoes in the UK....especially up here in the lake district (Cumbria), in fact, Scafell is a super volcano like Yellowstone in the USA...

Ok, granted, they are all extinct now....still cool to think about though.

Ring maker

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I suppose its the official people that haven't read this thread yet

nerbot
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It's a ring of flying insects.

Seen them before and they've been spotted many times before. They usually appear above and around large trees.

When they swarm they form these shapes.

NOT smoke.

That's interesting, since i think i have witnessed this once. However, i cannot find anything relevant to this by googling. I admit i haven't tried that hard... yet. But maybe you or someone else know the name of the insects?