Saskatchewan tornado in wedding photos stirs social media storm
A gallery of images, including the one above, uploaded to Facebook has been shared more than 12,000 times and attracted international media attention. (Colleen Niska)
A series of wedding photographs depicting a Saskatchewan couple embracing as a tornado rips through the landscape behind them are whipping up a storm on social media.
Colleen Niska, a professional photographer, snapped the images on Saturday in a rural area outside of Saskatoon.
Niska shared the photographs in a Facebook gallery, writing that she'd "dreamed about a day like this" and that these kinds of images "will only happen once in my lifetime!"
As of Monday morning, Niska's gallery was shared more than 12,000 times by Facebook users, accumulating nearly 17,000 likes and almost 1,000 comments.
The photos were picked up by media outlets throughout North America, with some commenters saying they watched reports on their local news programs in U.S. states such as Oklahoma and Virginia.
Many Facebook users also expressed disbelief at the couples' seemingly casual response to the tornado unfolding behind them, while others drew comparisons to Oregon newlyweds who used a raging wildfire as the background for their wedding photos last month. Those images quickly spread via social media and made headlines around the world.
Social media was also buzzing with amateur video of two tornadoes that touched town near the town of Outlook, Sask., over the weekend.
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