A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia

By |2026-08-02T16:44:24-04:00August 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What's happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating prisms. Known informally as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizon arc appears parallel to the horizon. For a circumhorizontal arc to be visible, the Sun must be at least 58 [...]