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Fallstreak Hole (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2014 OP
Awesome, n2doc! longship Nov 2014 #1
Because they are... Callmecrazy Nov 2014 #2
All of a sudden I have this craving for Lemonade. BlueJazz Nov 2014 #3
A kiss from an angel! OldEurope Nov 2014 #4
Amazing 'fallstreak' cloud formation over Australian state baffles local residents Judi Lynn Nov 2014 #5
From the article: BB1 Nov 2014 #6
Just a routine test... nikto Nov 2014 #7
O...M...G... nikto Nov 2014 #8

longship

(40,416 posts)
1. Awesome, n2doc!
Mon Nov 3, 2014, 08:53 PM
Nov 2014

Who would have thunk such things existed?

Of course, as Wikipedia reports, these are fairly rare and are unsurprisingly reported as flying saucers, or inter-dimensional cross rips, or something.



R&K

Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts)
5. Amazing 'fallstreak' cloud formation over Australian state baffles local residents
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 06:22 PM
Nov 2014

Amazing 'fallstreak' cloud formation over Australian state baffles local residents

Rose Troup Buchanan
Tuesday 04 November 2014

Amazing photographs have emerged capturing one of the sky’s rarer sights – a cloud formation known as a fallstreak hole.

Also known as a ‘hole punch cloud’ the unusual occurrence, which appears in the sky as an ethereal groove gently capturing a mini-rainbow, is formed when tiny water droplets freeze suddenly into ice crystals and drop rapidly through the air, leaving behind the appearance of a hole.

Residents of seaside town Wonthaggi, in Victoria, Australia, were quick to take to social media to capture the unusual event at around lunchtime yesterday.

As well as admiring the beautiful shape, some citizens were concerned this could herald the end of the world with one tweeting: "Rapture's here, folks."

More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/amazing-fallstreak-cloud-formation-over-australian-state-baffles-local-residents-9838983.html

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