The multi-colored clouds are known as polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) and look similar to auroras blazing in the sky ... you can see how the light scattered through the rainbow clouds, creating ...

FOX 13 News viewers sent in a bunch of photos of what appeared to be "rainbow clouds" featuring lush colors against a bright blue sky. Most of ... scatter the sun's light" in a variety of ...

As sunlight passes through these tiny particles it diffracts and the colors are separated into different wavelengths creating the stunning 'rainbow' effect in the sky. Nacreous clouds need very ...

"I opened the door of the room and saw this show in the sky. It looked like a painting!" Screenshots from Paviola's video of the rare rainbow ... clouds. The diffraction and interference of light ...

Atmospheric conditions came together just right on Wednesday afternoon to produce something we don't see that often here in the Quad Cities: rainbow ... blue background with the sky. These clouds ...

Residents across Scotland witnessed a rare, natural light show with shimmering rainbow clouds in the sky. Several people across the country were treated to views of the colourful nacreous clouds.

People in parts of Scotland last week got to witness a rare, natural light show with shimmering rainbow clouds in the sky. Stunning footage that has gone viral online shows iridescent clouds in ...

In and around the Arctic Circle, stunning multicolor clouds have been shining in the sky for days on end ... "Spectacular" rainbow-colored clouds have been shimmering in the skies over and ...

LOUIS – The sky ... light. Fun fact: Double rainbows are very rare, and the colors of the secondary rainbow are the reverse of the primary rainbow! Once again, it’s all about light. Clouds ...

Unlike regular rainbows, which are caused by sunlight passing through raindrops falling in the sky, rainbow clouds ... crystals scatter the sun's light," NOAA said. Cloud iridescence is rare ...