I don’t think this meets the definition of a “firenado“, if there is a definition, but it is an impressive photo, regardless. Often, fire whirls are partially obscured by smoke and are difficult to photograph clearly.

‘Firenado’ whips up wicked whirl in Missouri field http://t.co/Znhitr9Lg9 pic.twitter.com/H5c8KA0iok

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 8, 2014

The photo was posted on Instagram by Janae Copelin who happened to be driving by when a farmer was burning his field. She wrote:

A farmer burning off his field and as we stopped so I could take a picture the wind whipped up this fire twister #nofilter #firestorm #firetwister”.

She said it was the “coolest/scariest thing I’ve ever seen”.