Spectacular fire rainbow cloud appears in the iridescent sky of Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico

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A spectacular fire rainbow cloud appeared in the sky of Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico on September 8 2015.

Here are some of the best pictures of this intense and eerie iridescent cloud sky phenomenon.

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The rare raibow cloud is awesome. Photo: Instagram
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And it adds a colorful cap to the cloud. Photo: Instagram
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Rainbow clouds form on top of cumulus clouds after thunderstorms. Photo: Twitter
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For iridescent clouds to form, the sun has to be high in the sky and the water droplets have to act like prisms. Photo: Twitter
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Then the light is bent, forming a rainbow cap over the cumulus cloud.
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This iridescent cloud is just too massive and eerie to be real. Photo Twitter
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And as if it was not enough, it got suddenly divided in two by an anticrepuscular ray. Photo: Twitter
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What an awesome sky phenomenon… Photo: Twitter

 

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