Skyfall: Sunrise Fallstreak Cloud

[n2doc]

By Phil Plait
Here at BA HQ we’re all about weird clouds. Well, maybe not all about them, but certainly a lot about them. You’d think that clouds wouldn’t be terribly surprising (unless you’re trying to just get some Sun on a beach in Brazil) since, after all, they’re clouds. But you’d be wrong.

For example, get an eyeful of this.



Whoa. What is that?

It’s called a fallstreak or hole punch cloud. That’s not really an official name, since this isn’t actually a separate type of cloud; it’s actually something that happens to a cloud.

more

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/03/07/fallstreak_supercool_cloud.html

[annabanana]

1. It looks like a tear in the sky!

... punched through from above

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

2. The Sky Is Falling!