Quotes that capture the drama of whirlwinds, waterspouts, deserts, and volcanic skies in discussions of odd showers

The dreadful spout, Which shipmen do the hurricano call, Constring'd in mass by the almighty sun.
Shakespeare^[1]

I bind the sun's throne with a burning zone, And the moon's with a girdle of pearl;
Shelley^[1]

The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim, When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
Shelley^[1]

Now o'er their head the whizzing whirlwinds breathe, And the live desert pants and heaves beneath;
Darwin^[1]

Tinged by the crimson sun, vast columns rise Of eddying sands, and war amid the skies;
Darwin^[1]