Bryan Nelson is a science writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker with over a decade of experience covering technology, astronomy, medicine, animals, and more. Have you ever seen this optical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 'fire rainbow' in the sky enthralled Michigan residents on May 21, 2026. The phenomenon is known technically as a ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — Rainbows in the clouds? Sort of, but not exactly. South Mississippi sky watchers reported seeing colors in the clouds Tuesday afternoon. While it does not happen every day, it ...

Viewers in western Wisconsin today observed a unique atmospheric phenomenon: a circumhorizontal arc! Casually called a 'fire rainbow,' it occurs in summer-time as the sun must be high in the sky, at ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - If you saw what looks like a rainbow on clouds Tuesday afternoon, you were looking a rare optical phenomenon called a circumhorizontal arc. Yes, that’s a very real and ...

It's always nice to receive photos of weather phenomena, interesting clouds, and optical effects from people in the community, and to identify the type of phenomena and the processes behind it. On ...

A circumhorizontal arc and a solar halo made quite the pair on September 5, as the two natural phenomena were spotted over Holly Hill, Florida. Greg Diesel Walck told Storyful that he was driving when ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Did you happen to notice a strange, horizontal-looking rainbow cloud in the sky on Monday? Many people contacted the WATE 6 On Your Side Storm Team asking about it. It looked like a ...

A 'fire rainbow' in the sky enthralled Newburyport, Massachusetts, residents on June 2, 2024. The phenomenon is known technically as a "circumhorizontal arc" and is created by sunlight reflecting off ...

While it does not happen every day, it is a well-known occurrence. The phenomenon spotted is known as a circumhorizontal arc, and they occur on sunny days when there are cirrus clouds present. Cirrus ...