Rainbow in a cloud

[PseudoBadger]

DS spotted this today, is it rare?

[taxi4ballet]

I have looked in my cloud book and it is called a circumzenithal arc and it is quite rare I think! It's caused by ice crystals in very high up clouds acting like a prism (it says in the book).

Get in touch with the Cloud Appreciation Society (yes really) and send them the photo. Their website has a gallery and I'm sure they will be interested to know where it was seen and what time of day etc, especially as it was your DS who spotted it.

[PseudoBadger]

Oh thanks! Yes he's 4 and was laying on his trampoline, told me he'd seen a rainbow and I said don't be silly

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

That's very cool :)