Fallstreak Hole Appears Over Australia

A rare ‘Fallstreak Hole‘ appeared over Australia earlier today.  The National Weather Service describes a fallstreak hole as follows:

A fallstreak hole (also known as a “hole punch cloud”) is a large circular or elliptical gap that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds.

Fallstreak holes can result from a number of things, one being the passing and resultant eddies of an airplane or helicopter.

These formations in the clouds are not very common, let alone one with a beautiful rainbow coloration formed by the interaction between the ice crystals and sun rays.

Be sure to check out more pics of this beautiful weather event in this piece published by BuzzFeed.