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Old 03-04-2010, 05:17 PM   #55
5thElement
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Default Re: Earth Updates-2010

These photos were taken Sunday 2/28/10. The first photo was at approx. 1:50pm looking south towards Seattle, WA. The second photo was taken about 3:30pm - 23 miles West of the first one - looking North.

From what I could gather - these clouds are called fallstreak, holepunch and/or punchhole clouds. Not much info on them other than they are considered rare. I have lived here over 20 years and my husband has lived here since 1976. Neither of us has ever seen anything like this before.

El

PS - weather was mid 50's (f), party sunny, slight breeze - nothing unusual.


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