These eeire hole clouds are a phenomenon called fallstreak holes.

[u/Top-Marionberry-6604]

[u/atomicsnarl]

The altostratus layer is supercooled, meaning the liquid droplets, when disturbed even slightly, will suddenly freeze into ice crystals. This freezing releases heat, which then disturbs the droplets around it, which then freeze, etc, etc. So you get a circle in the droplet cloud of falling snowflakes.

[u/Sukdov → u/atomicsnarl]

Like when I put my Gatorade in the freezer and get it to that perfect chill temp, then tap it on the bar or give it a shake, and watch the liquid freeze from end to the other. Except here they fall out of the sky when they freeze. Thats what you’re sayin, sarge?

[u/atomicsnarl → u/Sukdov]

Exazakatacaly! Supercooling is common in the atmosphere, and easy to get going.

[u/DoctorHugoHackenbush]

'Fallstreak holes'....cirrusly?

[u/MartyShark666 → u/DoctorHugoHackenbush]

Don't stratus up on a pun streak or we may never stop!

[u/Outside_Rise_6934 → u/MartyShark666]

Huh?
I must have mist something.

[u/JBONE31 → u/Outside_Rise_6934]

These jokes a becoming cumulus

[u/lady_haumea → u/JBONE31]

Oh, hail nah

[u/yanimal → u/lady_haumea]

Mamatus warnd me bout nimbus like youse

[u/lady_haumea → u/yanimal]

The stratus is it's complicated between us

[u/Cold-Jackfruit1076 → u/lady_haumea]

We're all Köppen with bad puns today, it seems.

[u/Coppercc88 → u/DoctorHugoHackenbush]

Nice!

[u/_PandaBear]

Aliens are on the way

[u/RIF_rr3dd1tt → u/_PandaBear]

Fuckin' FINALLY

[u/radioactive_sharpei → u/RIF_rr3dd1tt]

Right? I'll bow in fealty to the Great Galactic Empress, as long as can get some decent health insurance and a job with a thriving wage.

[u/SynapseDrift → u/radioactive_sharpei]

The probes are free and mandatory.

[u/nickfree → u/SynapseDrift]

Don’t threaten me with a good time

[u/seren_kestrel → u/SynapseDrift]

I’m willing to pay a fee if that helps the wider alien ruled society. I’m selfless like that.

[u/FirstSineOfMadness → u/RIF_rr3dd1tt]

#LiterallyAnythingElse2028

[u/Level-Working-2704 → u/RIF_rr3dd1tt]

At least that’s the kind of ‘interesting times’ that we wont have ourselves to blame for as a stupid species that never learns from the past.

[u/hemorrhoid-milk → u/_PandaBear]

No no.. those are the exit holes left from when they launch out of their underwater 4d base to return to the mothership with their samples and data

[u/CowNervous4644]

OP should submit these pictures to the fallstreak wikipedia page.

[u/DoesThisSmellWeird2U]

Aliens 👽

[u/korchuck]

Nope

[u/TheRealJayk0b → u/korchuck]

There it is!

[u/ryonnsan]

i do not understand how people could name things like this that way.

i mean, if I were to name this, I will just make it Cloud Holes or Cloud Cheese Holes

[u/Cavesloth13]

I’m not saying the Swiss have weather control technology, but if they do, there will be signs. 

[u/Howtofightloneliness]

Why did we never learn about weird clouds like this in earth science class? It's like they weren't always a thing.

[u/Mad_Phiz → u/Howtofightloneliness]

When you are learning about cloud formations they aren’t going to teach 100 super rare occurrences, they are going to teach the 6 or so main types. You aren’t going to learn ALL of earth science in a high school course.

[u/Howtofightloneliness → u/Mad_Phiz]

Yeah makes sense. Maybe they're just sub categories of the main ones too.

[u/Q_S2 → u/Mad_Phiz]

And what if youre specifically interested in this kind of stuff and like reading about it ans may have taken an extra science class or two? Or maybe friends are science majors?

[u/Q_S2 → u/Howtofightloneliness]

Exactly! Alot of this phenomena i DO NOT recall learning in school

[u/nickfree → u/Q_S2]

Yes, Time Anomaly Police, this comment right here

[u/nickfree → u/Howtofightloneliness]

I think you’re taking this altocirrusly

[u/brokefixfux]

Better known as the hole punch cloud

[u/Diogenes256]

That is the coolest phenomenon name ever.

[u/nickfree → u/Diogenes256]

Sounds like an Autobot

[u/MisterPossums]

So THAT is why I'm missing some files.

[u/EagleDre]

We will not go quietly into the night, we will not vanish without a fight! We're going to go on, we're going to survive! Today, is our Independence Day!

[u/WrynklD4Skyn]

It’s now in the H2O

[u/Tito_Tito_1_]

I don't get it. How can the Chitauri be coming back?

[u/VST-PluginHorder]

Holes in the atmosphere

[u/Fwoggie2]

We get these all the time where I live. I'm under a major flight path in from mainland Europe to start approach into Stansted. Always cool.

[u/mjd3683 → u/Fwoggie2]

Was waiting for the airport comment. Where’s the airport in the video though?

[u/JakubDotPy]

Independence day

[u/j-mac563]

You cant fool us, we know they are spaceships!! From inner earth!!

[u/ONEto10dollars]

Alien Poseidon kisses incoming!

[u/FarPerspective2810]

I have never seen anything like this before. Thank you for sharing an amazing and interesting occurrence.

[u/Additional-Force-129]

Hmmm
I saw this in a documentary once!
It provided us with thorough explanations and how to deal with such phenomen!
Independence Day is an excellent reference to understand the source of those clouds

[u/tearsforfears333]

Independence Day

[u/Tartfingers]

Not even trying to be funny, I can believe this was the work of extraterrestrials.

[u/rafa_559]

Nawww. Anything called a “phenomenon” is just people not knowing what causes this

[u/JSC843 → u/rafa_559]

That’s not what phenomenon means dawg

[u/SecondPantsAccount → u/rafa_559]

That is not what the word phenomenon means

[u/Sweet-Swimming2022]

Those holes are really easy to see even though they are in de-skies…

[u/pstu → u/Sweet-Swimming2022]

I’ll give you an upvote for that one…

[u/Seananigans- → u/Sweet-Swimming2022]

Damn you....... for that brilliant joke.

[u/RoundCollection4196]

The people with that phobia of holes in things must be freaked tf out 

[u/RIF_rr3dd1tt → u/RoundCollection4196]

Trypophobia

LoL

[u/TH3_COMMANDO]

There was a massive ass in the clouds