Residents of Ocean City, New Jersey, witnessed a stunning display of cloud iridescence in late June. The rare phenomenon ...

Meteorologist Stefanie Lauber explains a few of the interesting clouds seen in the Coastal Bend this week. 8-6-25 ...

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

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 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Several communities that saw storms Tuesday night caught a glimpse of a rare and beautiful optical phenomenon ...

In Shantou, China, residents witnessed a spectacular weather event on July 26: a glowing rainbow cloud shimmered above dark ...

The wispy thin clouds are just forming and have super-cooled water droplets or ice crystals of about the same size. The sun’s rays hit a few droplets at at time, creating a rainbow effect.

Like a rainbow, this beautiful effect is produced when there are suspended water droplets present. But these water or ice droplets are extremely tiny and spread out over a particular type of cloud.

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.