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 ...

A rainbow cloud is a similar rainbow, halo, sundog, circumhorizontal arc, because it forms due to the diffraction or refraction of light. In 2018, a similar "fire rainbow" was spotted in Vermont.

A spectacular movement of rainbow-colored clouds has been spotted in the skies above Scotland. The rare view was captured near Nairn Beach on Christmas Eve, shortly after sunrise around 9 a.m ...

The ‘rainbow scarf cloud’ images from the Chinese city of Haikou are a bit too good to be true. Written by Ed Cunningham News Editor, UK Wednesday 31 August 2022. Share. Copy Link.

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 ...

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 ...

A rainbow cloud can occur because of something called cloud iridescence. It usually happens in altocumulus, cirrocumulus, lenticular and cirrus clouds.

The D.C. area was treated to a magnificent display including a towering thunderhead, stunning shelf cloud, gorgeous rainbow, amber sunset and bright green fireball.

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.