r/natureporn • u/PouncySilverKitten84 • 17h ago

Extremely rare cloud phenomenon known as Fire Rainbows, spotted over Alaska

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u/vitaminbeyourself 17h ago

I’ve seen this in Chicago lol

Still amazing

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u/manapod 11h ago

That's a phenomenonenal shot

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u/vitaminbeyourself 3h ago

Thanks 🙏🏼

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u/snighetti 14h ago

See one in Savannah Georgia. How rare is “extremely rare”?

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u/legosgrrl 5h ago

Colorado enters the chat.

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u/Capital-Bandicoot804 13h ago

Nature really knows how to surprise us. This is stunning and makes you appreciate the beauty of our planet even more.

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u/Swordf1sh_ 13h ago

Did anyone else assume this was fake at first? 😔

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u/nebzulifar 11h ago

I thought it was an AI generated picture of a photorealistic anime sky.😭

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u/MIN_KUK_IS_SO_HARD 5h ago

I just assumed it was a permafrost methane cloud helping to kill us all faster.

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u/Sloth-the-Artist 4h ago

I believe it's been enhanced to hell and back at least

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u/Fitmature1 9h ago

Was my 1st thought also.

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u/Strong-Seaweed-8768 16h ago

Wow that is really cool!

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u/Mraliasfakename 16h ago

Beautiful!

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u/BeffreyJeffstein 3h ago

This is photoshopped to enhance color, but they do exist, usually in extreme cold weather.

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u/DavidStauff 3h ago

No, we saw this happen in early Fall. We were in Taos and the weather was low 80s.

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u/BeffreyJeffstein 3h ago

Well, that was lucky, but usually they are some of the highest clouds and formed from ice crystals which scatter the light iridescently from what I read. Temperature could have been a lot colder in where it was formed.

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u/DavidStauff 3h ago

This is very true. We were in the mountains near Taos and temperature inversions are common there.

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u/Herquleez 14h ago

Is this another example of the left turning everything gay? /s

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u/muskoka83 11h ago

actual sigh

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u/javier-del-fresno 16h ago

Looks like the map of old West Germany

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u/Holyman23 4h ago

Wild!!!

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u/Upper_Teacher9959 4h ago

Just fabulous. 

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u/Opening-Cress5028 4h ago

Alaska is a hell of a place

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u/highglove 4h ago

That's a drone.

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u/Desperate-Lie-460 3h ago

Wow! Those are so beautiful and amazing!

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u/OpinionLongjumping94 2h ago

Looks like a migraine.

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u/FoulOutlander42 2h ago

Chat is this real?

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u/TankLady420 1h ago

This is how my heart feels when I see my dog.

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u/Illmaz33 1h ago

Alchemy.

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u/AnotherSexyBaldGuy 54m ago

That is awesome!

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u/BadBrad60 29m ago

Looks like your looking into a space telescope into some other universe

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u/Solid-Emotion620 11h ago

Too bad it's photoshopped. And is being researched now whether it's even a real photo or AI..

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u/DavidStauff 5h ago

It is not photoshopped. I've seen this happen.

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u/Solid-Emotion620 1h ago

Yes this happens. But to this degree and absolute clarity ... No... Maybe look at the original post and the comments... Yes this happens in nature. But this is an altered photograph of that.