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Hole-punch and canal clouds form when aircraft pass through altocumulus clouds that are rich with supercooled water droplets.
NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland, with input and factchecking by Andrew Heymsfield and Patrick Minnis.
Published December 20, 2014 Data acquired December 12, 2014