November 30, 2015 at 11:53 am
Picture of the Day: Rare Hole Punch Cloud Spotted in Australia
by twistedsifter
Photograph by Peter Fell via ABC News
A rare ‘hole punch cloud’, also known as a Fallstreak hole, was spotted last November over the town of Korumburra, a small town in Victoria, Australia’s Gippsland region.
The rare cloud phenomenon occurs when part of a cloud’s water droplets freeze into ice crystals and fall below the cloud layer. ABC News audience members (including the one above by Peter Fell) submitted a gallery of amazing photos of the cloud which you can see here.
Categories: NATURE/SPACE, PICTURE OF THE DAY
Tags: · australia, clouds, phenomena, rare