This is a rare phenomenon known as cloud iridescence.
Douglas Kreutz Feb 23, 2018 Feb 23, 2018 Updated Mar 9, 2018 Southern Arizona skies have hosted a sort of Festival of Clouds over the past week — with the overhead show serving up everything from ...
Clint Wahl caught the mackerel sky as the sun set last Wednesday evening in Palm Lakes. Residents were treated to a striking and unusual sight last Wednesday as a dramatic cloud formation stretched ...
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PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Here in the Pine Belt, we have many avid watchers who have photographed some interesting weather! First up: cloud photos from across the Pine Belt. Aaron Beatty in Eucutta ...
While it might be surprising to some, our atmosphere and oceans have a lot in common. Sometimes, you only need to look up to find similarities. Take a look at the picture below, shared with me from ...
On the morning of Sunday, January 4, 2026, many Central Texans woke up to an unusual sight: large circular holes punched through high cloud layers. Despite the strange appearance, these formations are ...
I awoke to a question from my friend John Dukes about the sky over northern Florida on Saturday evening. Two things that John and I have in common is our membership in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
A recent cold front in Florida created a rare weather phenomenon known as fallstreak holes or hole punch clouds. These circular divots appear in high-altitude clouds made of super-cooled water ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) – What was with the weird clouds on Thursday? It’s a question a few viewers asked the KXAN First Warning Weather team after seeing what looked like a bizarre hole in the clouds, shown ...
These are some of my favorite clouds to see, they’re called hole-punch or fallstreak clouds. And believe it or not, they didn’t exist before the invention of propeller airplanes. These clouds are ...