Many of us are used to seeing rainbows after a storm passes, a sure sign of calm conditions on the way. So, why is it that most rainbows occur later in the day as opposed to early in the morning? That ...

but have you ever seen a rainbow cloud? According to experts, the eye-catching weather phenomenon, also known as cloud iridescence, is relatively rare, but one was recently spotted in a blue sky ...

"He explained what causes a "rainbow cloud" phenomenon: 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 ...

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS A rover got a new view of some peculiar extraterrestrial clouds, flecked in rainbow colors and moving across the Martian sky. Scientists have released a video of ...

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A rare rainbow-coloured cloud amazed residents in Indonesia. Footage shows the vibrant weather phenomenon in neon red, blue, green, yellow, and violet behind dark clouds in the sky in Tidore city ...

forms above a rapidly rising cumulus cloud. While not as dramatic, rainbow clouds were also spotted here in May 2022. To see a rainbow in the sky, the sun must be behind the viewer at a 42-degree ...

3AW Drive has been sent some strange photos of what appears to be a rainbow in a cloud in the Bentleigh sky on Thursday afternoon. The images led Jacqui Felgate to wonder what the rainbow was and how ...

Call these the magnificent seven. Stargazers in China were taken aback after spotting what appeared to be seven suns as seen in a recent viral video. In the mind-bending footage, which was shot ...

Unlike regular rainbows, which are caused by sunlight passing through raindrops falling in the sky, rainbow clouds require much more specific conditions described as cloud iridescence.

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. Tiny ice crystals in the cloud ...