occams rusty scissor
Senior Member.
Found this interesting cloud formation on our news website:
![](https://www.metabunk.org/data/MetaMirrorCache/a3be4a880ce5fe1a19911bce02624638.jpg)
![](https://www.metabunk.org/data/MetaMirrorCache/1ffe6a132b659179c35b74e925373305._.jpg)
I thought it was pretty spectacular - Im assuming the rainbow pattern is from light refraction through ice crystals?
The article refers to it as a fallstreak or "punch hole" cloud. I've seen other examples of whispy fallstreak clouds but not in this pattern before.
![](https://www.metabunk.org/data/MetaMirrorCache/a3be4a880ce5fe1a19911bce02624638.jpg)
![](https://www.metabunk.org/data/MetaMirrorCache/1ffe6a132b659179c35b74e925373305._.jpg)
I thought it was pretty spectacular - Im assuming the rainbow pattern is from light refraction through ice crystals?
The article refers to it as a fallstreak or "punch hole" cloud. I've seen other examples of whispy fallstreak clouds but not in this pattern before.