Mother-of-Pearl Clouds
Created | Updated Dec 23, 2023
Nacreous Clouds
Rare 'rainbow cloud' dazzles skies across North West
The BBC, who go on and on about it. There's no news in the UK, is there?
Angel LiaDan insured that we, too, have a photo of this rare phenomenon, which is caused by ice in the stratosphere. The ice crystals give the clouds their nacreous, or 'mother-of-pearl' iridescence.