This video would also work without CGI lights!
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You can see a “hole” in the middle of the sky, with lights constantly whirring around this hole. In any case, this footage doesn't look particularly credible.
Fact check
As for the hole, there is actually a realistic answer and it is: Hole-Punch Cloud or Fallstreak Hole .
These holes in the clouds are a weather phenomenon that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds when the temperature drops below freezing but ice crystals have not yet formed (“supercooled state”). When ice crystals then form, there is a kind of chain reaction in which the water droplets around the crystals evaporate. This then leaves large, mostly circular holes in the cloud cover.
This is the most common theory as to how these holes are created. But this phenomenon has not yet been completely unraveled.
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A pinch of CGI
Now this - actually very cool - video was pimped with a little “bullshit”: circling lights were added using video editing software such as Adobe After Effects.
This addresses the still widespread misconception that these holes are caused by UFOs or other supernatural effects. The cause, however, is absolutely natural and can be explained physically, but is very rare because the necessary atmospheric conditions only very rarely come together.
This spectacular phenomenon was also used for other image manipulations:
Result:
The video was manipulated using a computer. However, such holes in the clouds actually exist and are called hole-punch clouds.
Either a special effects sorcerer wanted to demonstrate his skills here or just collect clicks...
In any case, the Hole-Punch Cloud is a sensation even without fake lights.
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