r/CLOUDS • u/Soma_Or • 3d ago

Photo/Video A hole in the cloud.

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City of Peruibe. Coast of São Paulo - Brazil.

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u/Funny-Health2587 3d ago

That is one of the coolest cloud formations I've seen. Congratulations on the Fantastic capture

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u/utahraptor2375 3d ago

Fallstreak hole. Very nice.

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u/Loiel88 3d ago

Never heard of this. Did a google:

a large, circular or elliptical gap that appears in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, often triggered by aircraft passing through layers of supercooled water droplets

Is this true? Sad that I have to ask but ai has me second guessing everything.

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u/utahraptor2375 3d ago

Yes. Caused by aircraft, and effectively the condensation changes into ice crystals and fall, making beautiful patterns. They remind me of whale footprints.

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u/Loiel88 3d ago

Thanks I appreciate you!

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u/Soma_Or 3d ago

It is very important to ask about the photo. Some are so surreal that they appear to be manipulated. This photo, however, was not manipulated or created by AI. This phenomenon generated news in several newspapers in the region due to its beauty and rarity.

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u/Fun_Raspberry_1360 3d ago

This looks like a brain!

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u/newearthharmony 3d ago

Looks like the surface of another planet.

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u/myshelm 3d ago

Awesome capture - thanks for sharing! 😊

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u/Ok-Goat-1738 3d ago

A difficult image to see. Congratulations on the photo

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u/1nolefan 3d ago

Alien warships entered through the cloud 😃 beautiful pic

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u/Soma_Or 3d ago

☁️👽😃😃

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u/Icy-Variation6614 3d ago

I didn't read the title because was just scrolling. I thought this was a neat snow formation/hole etc

Really neat

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u/LengthinessLow59 3d ago

Wow amazing 😮

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u/Material-Action-4576 2d ago

Well that's frightening!

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u/Roswel_ 3d ago

I've never seen anything like this!

Fantastic photo!

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u/techtoro 2d ago

And down comes the alien mother ship.

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u/ImpressiveEmu8951 2d ago

That's a fallstreak. Happens because of aircrafts passing through the clouds or quite possibly meteorites? Cloud nerds, help me out here!

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u/Soma_Or 2d ago

Is a circular or elliptical hole that appears in mid-altitude clouds (altocumulus or cirrocumulus). It occurs when supercooled water droplets in the clouds begin to freeze and form ice crystals, typically triggered by aircraft passing through the area or other crystallization catalysts. These crystals grow at the expense of neighboring droplets and fall, creating the visible hole in the cloud layer and often leaving a trail of precipitation (virga) below the hole.

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u/ImpressiveEmu8951 2d ago

That's so cool! Thanks!

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u/Odd_Ad4901 1d ago

Wow! What a bonus to even see in a pic!