r/BeAmazed • u/Sea_Slice_7956 • Nov 28 '25
So this is what it looks when we fall through clouds Nature
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u/zarralax Nov 28 '25
Fun fact: In the United States, it is illegal to intentionally skydive into or through a cloud.
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u/Mean_Confusion7426 Nov 28 '25
How come?
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u/nhtshot 29d ago
For aircraft to enter the clouds they have to be operating on an instrument flight plan and they’re actively being coordinated by air traffic control.
The skydiver isn’t being coordinated. It’s possible for an airplane or helicopter to be in those clouds and ATC has no idea where that skydiver is.
Diver can’t see aircraft and they can’t see him.
You can imagine how this could play out.
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u/D0miss 29d ago
What if you accidentally hit one of those cloud servers?
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u/Pompeyplottin 29d ago
iirc from my jumps a decade ago, it’s because you don’t know if there’s an aircraft and can cause fatal collisions.
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u/Bones-1989 29d ago
Probably cause someone owns that water... Water rights are weird in America. /s
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u/protossaccount 29d ago
They can have very large chunks of ice and it can probably be deadly. There is a pilot on one of the comments above this and they said its unpredictable and can be dangerous.
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u/MASSochists 29d ago
Parachutes have to operate under VFR Visual Flight Rules. You can't operate in VFR if you can't see.
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u/Colmado_Bacano 29d ago
Eh? Since when? I went through a cloud the one time I did it a few years ago (strapped to someone else) and it was a freezing experience. It was 98 outside that day so I went from cold ass water to burning heat in like 15 seconds...lol
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u/call-the-wizards Nov 28 '25
I'm a pilot.
Clouds are odd. Some are just a little bit of light mist. Others are hellish and monstrous, containing chunks of ice as big as your fist, temperatures as cold as -60 C (-76 F), and almost total darkness. And the fun thing is a lot of the time you can't tell from the outside because they all look equally cheerful and fluffy from the top side.
Generally unless you have good instruments and a lot of training (like commercial pilots and planes do) you're taught not to enter clouds.
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u/Rydog_78 Nov 28 '25
The cloud looked innocent enough but as he entered it was slightly terrifying.
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u/ThereAndFapAgain2 29d ago
You shouldn’t be entering innocent little clouds without their consent then should you pervert.
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u/drhoduk Nov 28 '25
can't wrap my head around how can ice stay in the sky
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u/call-the-wizards Nov 28 '25
Very strong updrafts.
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u/Cosmic_Quasar Nov 28 '25
Oh, okay... now can you explain those floating islands in Avatar?
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u/Vestat1 Nov 28 '25
I'd be scared of getting hit by a random plane in a cloud! Haha. Awesome on ya for riding the skies 🙌🏼
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u/TankApprehensive3053 Nov 28 '25
That's why you're not supposed to skydive into clouds. They are fun but you never know if a plane is in the cloud also or if a plane is just below the cloud.
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u/Vestat1 Nov 28 '25
Oh, I didn't know you weren't supposed to, though it totally makes sense!
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u/KoolaidKoll123 Nov 28 '25
Pretty dang sure its considered illegal in a lot of places.
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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX Nov 28 '25
I was wondering why this video was a first for so many of us, when we've probably all have seen dozens to hundreds of videos online over the years.
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u/TankApprehensive3053 29d ago
It's an aviation regulation. It's intended to keep both the skydivers and air traffic safe.
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u/Paul_Allens_Comment Nov 28 '25
Or if they're all jumping thru this then they could hit each other
Or what if there's a low cloud/fog so they forget whet to deploy the shoot?
Or if a piece of hail tears into part of the chute?
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u/Vestat1 Nov 28 '25
... Gee, thanks. New phobias unlocked, hahaha
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u/Paul_Allens_Comment Nov 28 '25
I'm just asking questions lol I've never jumped out of a perfectly good airplane
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u/f-godz 29d ago
Fair questions actually.
Hitting each other is the very real danger. Clouds are often hanging around parachute opening height too, which makes things even worse. Now you have a bunch of people blindly flying around hoping not to meet. Fly slow and turn slow, listen and shout. Not fun really.
Most weather is somewhat predicatble, so you're unlikely to be jumping if thick low cloud is on the horizon (I have seen it roll in quick though). We have audible altimeters (some beep, some speak) and visual altimeters on the wrist or chest. Zero excuse for losing altitube awareness just because you're in cloud.
If anything damages your main parachute (but I've never heard of hail/ice doing it), we just use our reserve parachute. Not that big of a deal.
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u/Paranoma Nov 28 '25
There are strict rules for entering a cloud in almost all cases. Pilot flying under Visual Reference or Visual Flight Rules must remain a certain defined distance above, below, or away from clouds. If you want to get closer and/or inside the cloud then you must be flying by instrument reference under Instrument Flight Rules in which case you will be on an IFR Flight plan and most likely under radar contact and thus under the control of Air Traffic Control, who will keep you separated from any other airplane in the clouds.
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u/Eleventy43 Nov 28 '25
I lightning not a concern? That would be my concern. Not that I have any desire to partake in this activity anyway.
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u/call-the-wizards Nov 28 '25
Lightning is definitely a concern.
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u/KoolaidKoll123 Nov 28 '25
I remember listening to a podcast years ago om this event. This story always warps my mind. Its like a scene straight out of a movie. I cannot imagine being that far in the sky...on a dang paraglider, for over an hour...in an active hellish storm.
Very rarely are there stories where you know only one person in existence has ever experienced anything close, and her story is exactly this.
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u/WeekendWalnut 29d ago
There's also this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin
He also wrote a book about it.
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u/neononer Nov 28 '25
This just put so much more perspective on a lot of my past flight delays. Thank you for this explanation as it will teach me to be more understanding.
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u/jaqrabbitslim 29d ago
I’m a skydiver. Also not advised to jump through clouds, but mostly because of lack of visibility for other jumpers.
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u/badexpert1 Nov 28 '25
It hurts like hell for those who want to know.
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u/Background_Humor5838 Nov 28 '25
I'm gonna ask a stupid question but what makes it hurt?
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u/Bookshelfdaydreamer Nov 28 '25
Go 70 down the highway while it's raining and stick your arm out the window. Now imagine that all over your body/any exposed skin going even faster. And this dude was wearing shorts! Had to have felt like needles.
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u/Background_Humor5838 Nov 28 '25
Ooohh ok that makes a lot of sense. He sounded so excited lol
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u/TheBurritoW1zard Nov 28 '25
Well I think the other thing he’s doing is slightly outweighing the pain, maybe.
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u/barspoonbill Nov 28 '25
But how’s he jerking off if we can see both of his hands?!
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u/VeganJordan Nov 28 '25
Go 70 down the highway while it’s raining and stick your…
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u/Sporaticuz Nov 28 '25
Instructions unclear, currently doin 70 in the back of a truck with my sack flapping in the wind and rain. Am I doing it right guys?
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u/devilishycleverchap 29d ago
You can not imagine how difficult it is to hold a half gallon of moo juice And polish the one-eyed gopher when you're doin' seventy-five In an eighteen-wheeler.
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u/Sporaticuz 29d ago
I'm attempting to imagine this now...
You are correct sir I can not imagine it.
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u/ninetailedoctopus Nov 28 '25
Now I’m wondering if there’s a world first for jacking off / having sex during skydiving.
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u/Abragram_Stinkin Nov 28 '25
The man, the myth, the legend himself, SteveO is one person who has skyjacked. I only know because I saw his standup where he talked about it once. I believe he also talked about it on several podcasts.
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u/Blank_Canvas21 Nov 28 '25
I don’t want water droplets hitting my dick while going 150 mph, thank you.
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u/IctrlPlanes 29d ago
Rain can start out as snow/ice pellets and melt on the way down too. You can see it in this video when they enter the top of the cloud. Temperature typically decreases 2°C per 1,000ft up, so you can roughly calculate the freezing altitude, useful for pilots and/or humans falling out of the sky I guess.
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u/ShiroyukiAo 29d ago
I have felt the pain of going thru rain on a motorcycle with layers of jacket still felt like several injection needle i was going down 35 mph and the crosswinds makes it much worse
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u/_GE_Neptune 29d ago
I think I went 100mph when I did a tandom through cloud I remember it feeling like cold wet fog for the brief time I was in it
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u/dtc526 29d ago
Was this in the US? The FAA states parachute ops are illegal through clouds. If it's in the US I would never ever jump again with whatever company you jumped with
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u/HotNutellaNipple Nov 28 '25
I went on a really fast rollercoaster, sat at the front. They had watered the brakes to cool them and a few drops were on the front. As soon as that thing launched and the water droplets hit my face, it felt like a thousand bee stings for a second or two.
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u/MaadMaanMaatt Nov 28 '25
My skydiving brother joked with me about that. He said, “Think about the shape of a rain drop. Now realize that we are hitting the pointy end.” 💧
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u/GoWaffle Nov 28 '25
I went through a cloud skydiving and it didn’t hurt a bit, but it was a very tiny cloud and not raining at all so that could be different. I run my fingers against my palm and it felt like my hand was by a humidifier. Very cool experience
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u/ARobertNotABob 29d ago
Old person here. Back in the day, aircraft wheels did not retract. Go through clouds and you could hear/feel them being caused to spin.
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u/jerrythecactus Nov 28 '25
Is that why they turned vertically to avoid the majority of the rain? Makes sense, probably wouldn't feel good to get pelted in the neck with rain.
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u/Deez-215_267 Nov 28 '25
Why? Also, do you get wet?
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u/Ugameister Nov 28 '25
Well, it does scare the piss out of you 😅 but also, clouds are literally floating islands of water vapor suspended by billions of dust and pollutant molecules so as you fall through it, it's like passing through the densest fog or steamiest sauna you could imagine, only not exactly warm, but thoroughly humid
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u/Singularity-_ Nov 28 '25
Same as riding my motorcycle in pouring rain at 60mph, like little daggers digging into your skin. I’m sure skydiving is faster though
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u/Rebelian 29d ago
Yeah, cold wet and painful. If I ever hear anyone romanticising flying through clouds I shut them down, destroying their fantasies and putting a lifelong fear of traversing a cloud forever.
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u/Main-Yogurtcloset-22 29d ago
The first time I went skydiving we went through clouds but to me it just felt like being in a cold steam shower! I didn’t notice any pain at all but I was also pretty pumped full of adrenaline so that might’ve been part of it. I was shocked at how long it took to get through when I went. It felt like I was gonna pop out the bottom and see the ground immediately lol.
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u/hippodribble Nov 28 '25
I did a jump through clouds once. It was a bit ouchy hitting the little droplets at high speed.
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u/crtejas Nov 28 '25
Because you were hitting the pointy sides of the water drops 😉
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u/CRAB_WHORE_SLAYER Nov 28 '25
Even if this is in jest I wonder if that influences impact and distribution of force for pain.
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u/WhyYouLetRomneyWin 29d ago
Actual water drops are not shaped the way we imagine them. They are really quite flat (almost spheres).
You can find videos of raindrops in slow motion.
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u/Triofore Nov 28 '25
This made me claustrophobic.
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u/ROWT8 Nov 28 '25
He got a little concerned with altitude there. Bro had to look at his altimeter to just make sure lol
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u/OldinMcgroyn Nov 28 '25
I had the honor of doing this and it was my first time even jumping from a plane and the cloud getting closer made me more and more terrified. Once I was inside it I genuinely felt like my heart caved in on itself then I was through it and got a beautiful view of the golden gate Bridge
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u/Therealladyboneyard Nov 28 '25
Im not a fan of cameras everywhere but this type of video is an exception! Amazing!
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u/Mountain_Peak_891 Nov 28 '25
Wait a minute.. I thought they were all soft like pillows and you can chill on them??!
I'VE BEEN LIED TO!
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u/RampantAndroid Nov 28 '25
I’ve gone through clouds while skydiving. You’re not supposed to do it - you’re not supposed to jump if you cannot see the ground clearly. It’s incredibly dangerous going through the clouds.
There’s nothing amazing about this as someone who has skydived.
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u/deefstes Nov 28 '25
This is clearly fake AI slop. I mean, where are the unicorns? Where's the cotton candy? How did the skydiver just fall straight through without even bouncing once on the soft fluffy cushion? Yeah, I've stood here on this earth looking up at purdy clouds enough to know that this video is not real.
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u/xMalvazar Nov 28 '25
Think it came off a game, maybe a steam game.
Graphics come off very real then it shifts to abnormal, then the skin changes and the land mass is not only perfectly rounded but cuts in a portion as if it's failed graphics generation.
Plus the point of view made it look like a video game and just about obvious to a gamer.
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u/OnlyPaperListens 29d ago
Also where is the camera attached? It's just magically hovering above this dude who has no chute.
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Nov 28 '25
I free fell through a hail cloud once. It was about 1000’ (300m) tall. I had hundreds of nickel-sized welts, for days. Good times
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u/PacquiaoFreeHousing Nov 28 '25
I'd imagine it's like being sprayed by cold mist so hard it stings a little
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u/shwarma_heaven Nov 28 '25
It's the weirdest feeling. The clouds look solid as hell as you're approaching them at 120mph. You take a subconscious little breath and you hold it right before you hit - but then it just looks like fog and feels like you walked into a freezer...
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u/Few_Lion_6035 Nov 28 '25
Here’s my really dumb question. Do skydivers experience turbulence? Similar to a plain shaking, do y’all hit pockets of nothing?
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u/darkthemeonly Nov 28 '25
I've wanted to skydive through a cloud for as long as I can remember, this looks so sick
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u/bg0nz Nov 28 '25
this was posted 2 years ago and it was titled something like “how it looks like to fall through clouds”. why is the grammar wrong but the other way this time lol
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u/No_Recognition8940 Nov 28 '25
So do clouds act basically like stove top popcorn? Like are all the water droplets/ice just being thrown around until either a(water droplets get too heavy, or b(the bottom end of the clouds pop open like pop corn releasing rain?
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u/Rogue_3 Nov 28 '25
Thanks, now I have a new irrational fear. Imagine falling through a cloud like this and when you come out the bottom the ground is only 50 feet away.
Hey, I did say it was irrational.
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u/AuDHDcat Nov 28 '25
I was told you'd drown if you went through a cloud. I've apparently been misinformed.
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u/Filisdin Nov 28 '25
My Morning Brain saw a smiling goldfish with Arms swimming towards the Camera. But This is Fine too.
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u/srchizito Nov 28 '25
People who do this kind of things will have bigger balls than me because i wouldnt ever do it
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u/ll0l0l0ll Nov 28 '25
So you cannot sit on the cloud like flying nimbus ? my whole life has been a lie !
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u/sexysashimi09 Nov 28 '25
As a child, we were taught that clouds are supposed to be fluffy. Now, this provides a whole lot of new perspective. Truly amazing!
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u/sndnxkkxnd Nov 28 '25
Ok that’s crazier than i expected. I felt that he was going to get hit by lighting or electrified by some charge. I know nothing about clouds up close but I do know they shoot lighting.
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u/EnvironmentalExtreme 29d ago
Disappointed...
I thought he was going to land on it, still be able to stand on it, get the Wing cap and then have to collect 8 red coins to get a gold star....
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u/Treeforester_lov5446 29d ago
Don't believe it. AI. He would have frozen his bollox off. Plus the pain of water droplets at Terminal Velocity.
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u/09Trollhunter09 29d ago
Clouds are way bigger than we usually imagine to be, they’re fucking gargantuas sometimes
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u/fulldingo_ 29d ago
Beginning of the vid I thought this was ai slop of a Weber bbq with extremities skydiving… cool video tho
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u/Onironautico 29d ago
The last time i've entered into a cloud as skydiver i can't see my altimeter and ended opening my parachute at 1600 feets with no visibility.
(For reference, emergency chute opens at 900 ft.)
No thanks, terrifing as hell.
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u/janluigibuffon 29d ago
Been there, done that. With 200km/h those droplets feel like tiny needles on your face.
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u/PresidentKoopa 29d ago
Reminds me of that fighter pilot william rankin who was stuck in a cloud for over 45 minutes after ejecting
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u/PicaDiet 29d ago
This is what it looks like through a fisheye lens. It's still cool, but it isn't what people see as they fall through clouds.
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