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| Courtesy of the Stringmans on Whidbey Island |
I snagged that picture from his blog. Here is what he had to say about the weird holes:
No...these were not alien incursions into Washington air space, but the impact of aircraft passing through a cloud deck of supercooled water (liquid water at 32°F or below). The planes climbing or descending through the clouds caused the supercooled water to turn to ice crystals and fall out, leaving a circular hole. These features are also known as "punch hole" clouds and often form in mid-level altocumulus cloud decks.Actually, I think he was just covering up for the aliens. I've never seen anything like these before. Have you?
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I did not see them in person, but I heard about them on the news yesterday. A cool natural phenomenon, or are we being invaded? :-)
ReplyDeleteWow! I have heard of that before.
ReplyDeleteOh wow. I have never seen them, and would be open-mouthed in awe. And would probably run into things/trip over with my eyes glued to the sky. Huge thanks to you and Cliff.
ReplyDeleteNow that's something new to me! It makes sense.
ReplyDeleteWow - that's freaky!
ReplyDeleteNope never seen such a thing, but then we are not exactly in a flight path either:)
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a lenticular cloud, described really well in the book The Fog, about a pilot's flight through the Bermuda Triangle. Intriguing.
ReplyDeleteFascinating and new to me. Thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteNo, I haven't seen this before, and even tho it makes sense, his explanation, I find it too alienating to comprehend any truth. But, science always is questionable. Anything's possible. Right?
ReplyDeleteWeird but wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWow, that does look other worldly. I kind of want to believe the aliens are arriving. Hope they bring us solutions.
ReplyDeleteNope! Have never seen that before. Punching holes in the clouds. Fascinating! :)
ReplyDeleteIt does look like something from outer space. Aliens!
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