A video shared on social media showed what is known colloquially as a “fire rainbow” or sometimes “rainbow cloud” above Oak Harbor, Ohio, on April 25, 2024. The phenomenon is known technically as a “circumhorizontal arc” and is created by sunlight reflecting off of ice crystals.
LIVE: Severe storms threaten central U.S. with twisters, damaging wind. See the latest reports.It wasn't a rainbow, but it was a brilliant atmospheric display that had residents doing a double take when they saw it in the sky.Residents of Oak Harbor, Ohio, were amazed by this mysterious rainbowlike object in the sky on April 25. This is a circumhorizon arc ice halo, caused by sunlight reflecting off of ice crystals.
A very delicate balance in the atmosphere is required for this effect to be achieved. To see this ice halo, the sun needs to be more than 58 degrees high in the sky, and high cirrus clouds or jet contrails must be present to bring this spectacular display to life. It's more typical only to see a piece of the colorful halo where the cloud is, as happened in Ohio.
Brandon Carter, who captured one of the images, told AccuWeather,"I took the photo in Concord," a suburb of Charlotte that's just northeast of the city. He was driving when he spotted the dazzling spectacle in the sky.
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