Two-dimensional intensity distribution mappings of photographs of pellet ablation cloud trajectories in TFR and TORE SUPRA reveal irregular shapes of the luminous striations. The observed features are not well understood, but a likely interpretation is that these features are caused by pre-existing electric and/or magnetic field perturbations in the hot core of tokamak plasmas. It is suggested to further investigate pellet injection as a diagnostic tool for the study of plasma structures and transport phenomena