Citizens in the UAE were left perplexed on seeing a hole in the skies above Al Ain. Locals said that a mysterious 'whirlpool hole' appeared in the sky this weekend. The incident got social media talking after astronomer and meteorologist Ebrahim Al Jarwan posted a short video clip of the hole on Twitter.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천He referred to the sight as 'rare and beautiful' and that it was a 'Fallstreak hole' or 'hole punch cloud'.

The video was quick to go viral with people coming up with various explanations.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Some said the hole in the sky looked like a 'fallstreak hole'. One said that 'God has thrown a stone into a lake' while others suggested it could be an extraterrestrial UFO.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천As the video was being widely shared on Twitter, meteorologists explained the scientific phenomenon. The so-called 'holes' are generally formed in mid- to -high-level clouds made of supercooled water droplets. This happens when water droplets are below zero degrees but not frozen.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천It is also known as hole-punch cloud and generally looks elliptical or circular in shape.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천'Flaming Orange' Meteor Spotted in Skies Above Adelaide in Australia (Watch Video)

Here is what슬롯 머신 사이트 추천'Whirlpool Hole' looked like:

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A change in temperature makes the supercooled droplets to freeze and form ice crystals. They are large and fall from the sky in a different pattern.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천At times, holes in fallstreak formations can expand upto 50 km across within an hour as neighbouring droplets freeze. The incident is completely a scientific phenomenon but people generally mistake it for a UFO. Fallstreak holes are quite rare and not often appear in the skies.

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