What's that in the sky? In this week's Science Snippet, Meteorologist Stefanie Lauber explains the science behind these cool ...

MANNINGTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — A Marion County resident saw a rainbow cloud over the weekend, even though it wasn’t raining.

Nacreous clouds also known as polar stratospheric clouds have been appearing across northern skies. We've rounded up some of the best photos of these rare 'rainbow clouds'.

These colorful clouds, also known as nacreous clouds, tend to form over polar regions in the lower stratosphere between 68,500 and 100,000 feet in the air, the U.K.'s Met Office says.

Portlanders may have noticed rainbow-colored clouds floating overhead Sunday afternoon. Viewers Hanna and Emma Buckingham provided these photos of the clouds, which they said were visible ...

And while the clouds were visible in the sky all day, one photographer in the area says that the bright colors “really exploded just before sunset”. We saw similar photos of rainbow-like ...

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.

Updated: 12:21 PM EDT May 12, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ Curadhan Powell ... FRENCH LICK, Ind. — An incredible photo was captured in southern Indiana of cloud iridescence.

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.