6/11/26 Thursday:
When it gets hot out and there are controlled burns like this one near Huger, SC, we can get a quickly rising vertical stack of superheated smoke that forms into a cloud-like structure. These are called "pyrocumulus clouds" and eventually dissipate, but they can look very ominous like a dangerous firestorm and if not controlled...can drop cinders/hot ash far away and create a dangerous wildfire. This one is an ongoing controlled burn that shot up vertically as inland thermal activity was already in lifting motion ahead of the sea breeze front.
First two pics are mine from Clements Ferry Rd in Wando, SC...and the last one is by Chris Copenhaven in Park West neighborhood in Mt Pleasant, SC.