#sky punch

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PRETTY CURE SKY

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(via Fangirl Moments And My Two Cents: Ascenders: Sky Punch by C.L. Gaber Release Day Launch)

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This beautiful but rare and strange phenomenon is called Sky Punch, or Hole Punch clouds.

Meteorological experts are stumped, but some believe that the hole is formed when falling ice crystals from the exhaust of a passing aircraft “punch” through cirrocumulus clouds, since there is often evidence of jet contrails in the area when the sky punch clouds are observed. This process is akin to that of the cloud seeding that is done over our crops when we need rain NOW, as opposed to Mother Nature’s schedule. Oh, and those falling ice crystals? They sublimate – or go straight from a solid to a gas – as they fall toward the ground. ~Cher For more information, see: http://www.aviationcv.com/pilot-forum/Thread-“Skypunch”-interesting-weather-phenomenon http://weathervortex.com/sky-holes.htm Photo credit: Joel Knain of Mobile, Alabama

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Sky Punch. Photo by Terry Boswell.