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Fallstreak Hole

This natural phenomenon has a number of names, including a fallstreak hole, a hole-punch cloud, or a cloud hole. It is formed when water molecules are cooled but do not have anything around which they can solidiy. After a catalyst causes the molecules to freeze instantaneously, the absence of water molecules causes this hole to appear in the clouds.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.