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March 27, 2013 Photo by Bertrand Kulik / Facebook How does Paris' already stunning skyline become even more spectacular? One way, it turns out, is with the addition of a rare, rainbow-like prism forming across the sky. Bertrand Kulik spotted the usual sight from his apartment earlier this month and grabbed his camera. "I have never seen a rainbow like that before," the 33-year-old Parisian told The Daily Mail. "This light phenomenon looked like a rising aurora over Paris." It didn't last long, he said, but his photo, which he posted to Facebook on March 18, has captured peoples' imagination. The image has gone viral, appearing in newspapers and on websites around the world. Many are ...
A rainbow on a very stormy evening behind the green on the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. ...
Aug. 1, 2012 This "fire rainbow," or iridescent cloud, was captured in a photo taken Tuesday over South Florida. (Ken Rotberg/WPTV) So-called "fire rainbows" are neither on fire nor are they rainbows, but they sure are stunning. They are technically known as iridescent clouds, a relatively rare phenomenon caused by clouds of water droplets of nearly uniform size, according to a release by NASA. These clouds diffract, or bend, light in a similar manner, which separates out light into different wavelengths, or colors. Related on Our Amazing Planet: Weirdo Weather: 7 Rare Weather Events That makes them similar to rainbow-colored glories, which are also formed by diffraction, and also ...
