Dad snaps rare cloud
A DAD from Macclesfield had to look twice when he spotted a rare cloud formation in the skies above Macclesfield.
Carlos Hyland, 42, of Park Lane, took this picture of a ‘fallstreak’ as he was walking near Macclesfield College.
The atmospheric phenomenon - also known as a hole-punch cloud - looks like a brush streak through a blanket of cloud.
It forms when temperatures are below freezing, but water droplets in the clouds have yet to freeze due to a lack of ice particles.
Dad-of-one Carlos said he was thrilled to be able to capture the rare cloud formation on his phone.
He said: “It’s something that doesn’t happen very often, it has to have a perfect amount of moisture in the air and temperature for it to form.
“I was really happy to get a picture of it and just wanted to share it in case anyone else looked up and saw it too.”