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News Release 10-097
Mysterious Clouds Produced When Aircraft Inadvertently Cause Rain or Snow
Jets, turboprops leave behind odd-shaped holes or channels in the clouds
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Jets and turboprop aircraft leave unusually shaped clouds in their wakes.
Credit: Alan Sealls
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Above Alabama, hole-punch clouds dot the sky.
Credit: NASA
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Hole-punch clouds seem to touch a streetlight in Washington State.
Credit: NOAA
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Clouds in the shape of hole-punches in the skies above Wisconsin.
Credit: NOAA/Samantha Weise
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Hole-punch clouds appear over Norfolk, Va., with aircraft contrails leading from them.
Credit: NASA
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