Seven weird weather phenomenons spotted in 2018 01:35. A stunning weather phenomenon was spotted over parts of Virginia this week – a so-called "rainbow cloud," which looks like a bright prism ...

The internet was left in shock over a “rainbow cloud” that emerged over a city in China like some interdimensional phenomenon. A clip of the meteorological anomaly amassed more than 28 million ...

These rare rainbow clouds, ... The crystals responsible for the rainbow-like effect typically form at an extremely high altitude, between 9.3 and 15.5 miles above the surface.

Strange "rainbow clouds" that look like a colorful portal to another dimension have recently appeared across northern skies. These nacreous clouds, also known as polar stratospheric clouds, are ...

They occur when the sun's rays interact with ice crystals or water droplets in the high-altitude clouds. That causes the light to diffract and scatter into a spectrum of the colors of the rainbow.

Video captured in Oak Harbor shows a rainbow-colored swirl in the clouds. The 13 First Alert Weather team said it was likely what is called cloud iridescence.

Rare nacreous clouds, known as rainbow clouds, form in the skies over Tynemouth Priory in the northeast of England on Dec. 21, 2023. Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images ...

Arctic observers got a rare festive treat when rainbow-colored clouds appeared in the skies. So-called polar stratospheric clouds were seen over Norway, Sweden, Finland, Alaska, and Scotland.

Have you ever seen a rare rainbow cloud? Residents in Scotland were amazed when they spotted this rare phenomenon in the skies this week. Nacrous cloud spotted by BBC Weather Watcher SazzyJ who ...

Video captured in Oak Harbor shows a rainbow-colored swirl in the clouds. The 13 First Alert Weather team said it was likely what is called cloud iridescence.