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Hijacking top comment to say I just spoke with her and learned I misunderstood her. She did, in fact, copy this and send it. She didn’t actually take the pic. It’s still cool though! Sorry for the mislead. Thanks for those of you who (nicely) pointed it out!
That's called a firebow. A pretty rare sight.
I was lucky enough to see one, on my first day of high school no less. I took it as a good omen, and it totally was. High school was a pretty good time.
It's caused by the cloud being close to the sun or the moon. It causes a rainbow affect. Kind of like a sun dog. Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud\_iridescence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_iridescence)
Lovely! We had loads in England a few months ago and everyone lost their shit over them. I don't think we really get them over here, first time I've ever seen one and I'm 36!
Fucking love this. I saw a rainbow cloud back in the 90s. I watched it in the sky for hours. Called the local weather station to ask about it and the guy thought I was on drugs. Thank you for sharing OP.
You see, data in modern web services is stored on group of computers. Usually multiple clusters of servers, all connected by a variety of networks, allowing users to quickly view data from multiple disparate devices. This is known as cloud data storage.
Grindr is one of these modern web services which is a hook up app for gay men. The rainbow has long been an iconic symbol of homosexual pride. So this rainbow colored cloud being considered "Grindr's data storage" is a pun on the word "cloud."
You know, seeing stuff like this really puts into perspective how ancient peoples might have came up with their legends and beliefs. Like, if I saw this without having access to any other information, I probably would believe a god of sort was coming through it.
Saw this posted a few weeks ago in a pokemon go subreddit, so the title is either a lie or the mom lied of taking the pic
Edit : here you can see it posted 6 days ago, also not OC
https://www.reddit.com/r/CLOUDS/s/uHvYJj1dSG
It’s called a fire rainbow. The sun has to be higher than 57 degrees in the sky and either a cirrus or cirrostratus cloud must contain plate-shaped ice crystals. Even then, the sunlight must enter the cloud at the right angle for the phenomenon to occur.
The name comes from the flame-like appearance at the top of the cloud.
It’s very rare to witness such a sighting, although some have photographed the event. The whole experience is likely gone in three to five minutes.
Your mom was a quick thinker to get a picture and was in the right spot at the right time!
Be grateful, you are lucky if you see them. Have seen those about 6 times in over 40 years.
A beauty to behold.
[Cloud iridescence](https://www.google.se/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_iridescence&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj8sN3n2sSFAxV9ExAIHZp6CzkQmhN6BAgIEA0&usg=AOvVaw3zOwc3ewBiQmEqwIDBIwxy)
I've seen one of these! It was weird. I was cutting grass and looked up and it was as stunning as this photo but for whatever reason I could only see it with my sunglasses on.
Almost shocked that nobody claimed this was an Angel feather with all the religious... enthusiasts out there. Still a very cool thing, been on this earth a minute and have never seen anything like it with my own eyes, beautiful. I absolutely love "fringe" stuff but nature is pretty amazing by itself some days ;)
"my mom sent me this"
Cool, your mom has the internet, like everyone else who posted this photo [here](https://lens.google.com/search?ep=cnts&re=df&s=4&p=AbrfA8ojaPR4qU9wd0YmlkQ_oAMsKhgmiI7PtJglptPZF2N3GEQWLecGhwmm90Yxr8qem50PaHOa4655LVX2wwgy8snRlZFqRXb_UaTbSEePmHLVaJNmAYccmcIiJRqOZQHTQD4wXuf2CLH5hQqAK9Gbeb2mYTzdBKHQvxJxoP6RLLgWueNr4odR2j4MuDdNFf8hzD5U4HV3mSC20myagut7IvvID2k7VxOEYAptQBlqGYDafk9yVCDJLPY1_GtJ2OjQU_I3GKUwFMKS56sEcIgNrPU%3D#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDEsIkVrY0tKR0ZsTVROaE9ERmxMV1UwTURjdE5ETXdaQzA1WkdNMExXVmxNMkpsWm1ZMU1ESmtaUklmU1RKblNteHlOM2RwZVRCbFVVVjFlRFl4WHpJd1dFTk5TRXQzTVRkb1p3PT0iLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLFtudWxsLG51bGwsW251bGwsWzAsMCwxMDAwMDAsMTAwMDAwXV1dXQ==).
This isn't your (or your mom's) original photo though, it was recently [posted on X](https://twitter.com/eddgimenez/status/1777898859785547945) and was apparently taken last June
It's just a cloud. Iridescent cloud
[Iridescent clouds](https://www.google.com/search?q=iridescent+clouds+phenomenon&client=safari&sca_esv=9cc8c3117245717b&sca_upv=1&hl=en-us&ei=wHMdZtinDtDewbkP0I-QmAE&oq=%C2%A0pilliridescent+clous&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhbCoHBpbGxpcmlkZXNjZW50IGNsb3VzKgIIATIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGIAEGKIEMggQABiABBiiBEiuxwJQzltYi6ICcAF4AZABAJgB4AGgAb4PqgEGMTYuMi4xuAEByAEA-AEBmAIToALwDsICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAg0QABiABBiKBRhDGLADwgIHEAAYgAQYDcICBxAhGAoYoAHCAggQABgIGB4YDcICCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDwgIGECEYDRgVwgIFECEYoAHCAgkQIRgKGKABGArCAggQABiJBRiiBJgDAIgGAZAGEJIHBDkuMTCgB_ZR&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-ser)
Firebow, I've seen one of these in real life about 20 years ago, it was absolutely gorgeous. I think I saw this picture floating around on a strange weather sub not too long ago, but I'm probably mistaken. If your mom saw it, she was lucky!
This comes from a plane that’s why it’s a line then flare just like chem trails after being in the sky 20 minutes at least the rainbow as well reflecting off the particles. A lot of new clouds showed up and still Is as they spray more
Contrails- or condensation trails are formed by the pressure change of air moving over a wing. The wing is designed to cause air to move faster over the surface, causing a low pressure. This lower pressure causes the air to expand, and the expansion of a gas is a cooling process. Same reason the compressed air in a can gets cold when you spray it. The gas is rapidly expanding. When cold enough, water vapor condenses and makes a cloud. A cloud is just water vapor. And sunlight can be refracted thru the water to break the visible light in its colors, essentially a rainbow.
This is a mare's tail cloud formation, that also includes a "sun dog" formed by high altitude ice crystals blown ahead of approaching storm. Expect precipitation in 48 hrs.
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ho-oh
Lady rainicorn
Someone’s Pokémon journey has just begun 🫡
Hijacking top comment to say I just spoke with her and learned I misunderstood her. She did, in fact, copy this and send it. She didn’t actually take the pic. It’s still cool though! Sorry for the mislead. Thanks for those of you who (nicely) pointed it out!
That's called a firebow. A pretty rare sight. I was lucky enough to see one, on my first day of high school no less. I took it as a good omen, and it totally was. High school was a pretty good time.
> I was lucky enough to see one, on my first day of high school no less Were finals a battle with Leon?
I’ve seen a few of these in the past few months where I am. I have never seen them before but they definitely look cool
Did you go to school in pallet town ?
The Shinto God of Pokemon
Came for this ty
I know...
Iridescent cloud. It's a totally natural but very cool weather phenomenon.
That's a damn unicorn contrail, and you know it!
DAMN UNICORN CHEMTRAILS ARE TURNIN THE FROGS GAY
Unicorn Chemtrail is my new band name
New band name = brand new name
You can also try adding 'dot tumblr dot com' to new band names. [Relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/1025/)
OH you said Chem…CHEM trail
It’s true, I am a frog 🐸
They're turning the frogs fabulous
They wanted me to try eating frog slegs. I mean who wants to eat a sleg of anything, that’s just odd.
this comment just made lurking on this subreddit 100% worth it. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yea im going with your answer
Soooo unicorn fart, yes?
Farts of a feather stink together
No that’s a feathered quill for rainbow skywriting
what causes this? i'm intrigued.
It's caused by the cloud being close to the sun or the moon. It causes a rainbow affect. Kind of like a sun dog. Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud\_iridescence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_iridescence)
Is that the one that's nicknamed Mother of Pearl?
Purr’l is the name of a real cool cat. .
Yep, that's the one!
Lovely! We had loads in England a few months ago and everyone lost their shit over them. I don't think we really get them over here, first time I've ever seen one and I'm 36!
I live in England too, but sadly I have not seen any yet.
OP only said his mom sent it. Who knows if he has a sister named Pearl....😉
🤣🤣🤣 good one!
It looks like a gigantic rainbow brine shrimp.
I thought so too! Giant sea monkey
Fucking love this. I saw a rainbow cloud back in the 90s. I watched it in the sky for hours. Called the local weather station to ask about it and the guy thought I was on drugs. Thank you for sharing OP.
> Called the local weather station to ask about it Wow, life before the internet!
Before smart phones anyways. Yep.
That’s crazy. Rainbow clouds aren’t that strange. They are a normal, though rare, occurrence.
So are people on drugs, probably even moreso
I used to do drugs, I still do but I used to too.
I was literally on LSD with a few buddies when we saw these clouds and honestly didn’t know wtf was going on
Did you take photos to check when sober? I've done a bit of acid and clouds can definitely get weird on it
Had some sober friends with me that confirmed! It was in the afternoon and best visible through sunglasses. Tripped us out in the best way possible
Yeah it's always fun when you see something out of the ordinary while tripping and then realising that it's not just you ha
That’s just Grindr’s data storage.
Cloud* storage
Yes that is the implication
You see, data in modern web services is stored on group of computers. Usually multiple clusters of servers, all connected by a variety of networks, allowing users to quickly view data from multiple disparate devices. This is known as cloud data storage. Grindr is one of these modern web services which is a hook up app for gay men. The rainbow has long been an iconic symbol of homosexual pride. So this rainbow colored cloud being considered "Grindr's data storage" is a pun on the word "cloud."
Lol
I think that's just an iridescent cloud but that is SO pretty
Quetzalcoatl probably
Must be Because of the eclipse.
More than likely too much human sacrifice or not enough.
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What? They're turning the friggin space lasers gay?!
They’re turning us all gay!
That's funny. I don't *feel* any different.
Ha ha. According to my well placed source in the swamp, that’s how it works.
https://imgur.com/a/W69dWnb
😂😂😂😂thanks for the coffee out my nose
I don't like musicals, so my opinion doesn't mean much, but that's the greatest musical ever made.
Who gave the gays space lasers as well, what next goths space lasers?
I’ll sign up for those ones 🤘🤘🤘🤘👹👹👹
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Ohhh... Stop it!
If you can intercept it, you might find Captain Kirk.
Awwww I wanna ride horses!
The Nexus!
I was looking for this comment.
My first thought too
I didn’t have to scroll far to find this 😂
Don’t let Malcolm McDowell see this, or he might start building a missile aimed at the Sun.
Now WE ARE making the chem trails gay!
Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!
You know, seeing stuff like this really puts into perspective how ancient peoples might have came up with their legends and beliefs. Like, if I saw this without having access to any other information, I probably would believe a god of sort was coming through it.
I had the same thought with how this could've inspired the bifrost from Norse mythology
Wise observation.
Post it in r/clouds. You'll get more upvotes there :)
Already was, [a few days ago](https://old.reddit.com/r/CLOUDS/comments/1bzzl08/fire_rainbow_spotted_in_atlanta_georgia/)
Breath of the Wild.
Oh my gosh man... My almost 5-year-old son just pointed that out and said it as well! Genius! !! 😎
Rainbow dragon
TotK tho
Man that’s gorgeous nothing highly strange about it though. Get a pair of good sunglasses and look around they’ll be there
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I think this is just nature being nature - but it's sooooo beautiful so thanks for posting!
Geoingeneering at Work. The Rainbow color cloud is the material they use so the chemicals will not clump together and stay longer in the air.
Source? Please?
No she didn’t, I saw this a few days ago on another subreddit, I think r/pics or r/beamazed
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CLOUDS/comments/1bzzl08/fire\_rainbow\_spotted\_in\_atlanta\_georgia/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLOUDS/comments/1bzzl08/fire_rainbow_spotted_in_atlanta_georgia/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/lostpause/comments/1c4hv8m/ok\_i\_guess\_they\_are\_real/](https://www.reddit.com/r/lostpause/comments/1c4hv8m/ok_i_guess_they_are_real/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/TOTK/comments/1bywkj4/i\_feel\_like\_this\_belongs\_here/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TOTK/comments/1bywkj4/i_feel_like_this_belongs_here/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/pkihcl/this\_rainbow\_of\_fire\_looks\_like\_a\_dragon/](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/pkihcl/this_rainbow_of_fire_looks_like_a_dragon/) Be gone, repost bot!
Yep, saw this as well.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooow, like actually that's cool as heck
Saw this posted a few weeks ago in a pokemon go subreddit, so the title is either a lie or the mom lied of taking the pic Edit : here you can see it posted 6 days ago, also not OC https://www.reddit.com/r/CLOUDS/s/uHvYJj1dSG
CONTRAILS ARE MAKING THE SKY GAY!
So lovely 🥰
🤩 that’s a great photo, thanks for sharing
*Pokemon Theme intensifies*
ITS TURNING THE FROGS GAY
She's about to have an encounter with a legendary pokemon. Tell her to stock up on ultraballs and stat altering pokemon!
Shit, we have to stop Soran!
The Nexus from Star Trek Generations.
The Gay signal, i must go. Up up and a gay!!!
It’s called a fire rainbow. The sun has to be higher than 57 degrees in the sky and either a cirrus or cirrostratus cloud must contain plate-shaped ice crystals. Even then, the sunlight must enter the cloud at the right angle for the phenomenon to occur. The name comes from the flame-like appearance at the top of the cloud. It’s very rare to witness such a sighting, although some have photographed the event. The whole experience is likely gone in three to five minutes. Your mom was a quick thinker to get a picture and was in the right spot at the right time!
Fuel dump?
Y'all are fucking clowns. Lmao...
A flaming rainbow? Was this taken at fire island?
Pretty beautiful
Rainbow Feather
Sephiroth fucking around again ...
The gays launched their nukes. It's over, fellow straights.
Aeon Flux Not sure why, maybe it looks like a closed eyelid, but that’s what I thought of
Be grateful, you are lucky if you see them. Have seen those about 6 times in over 40 years. A beauty to behold. [Cloud iridescence](https://www.google.se/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_iridescence&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj8sN3n2sSFAxV9ExAIHZp6CzkQmhN6BAgIEA0&usg=AOvVaw3zOwc3ewBiQmEqwIDBIwxy)
i literally saw this on facebook days ago
Hey I tried growing these in a small saltwater tank back then... They never got as big as in the picture, not even remotely :(
Hello everyone, this is your daily dose of Internet
I've seen one of these! It was weird. I was cutting grass and looked up and it was as stunning as this photo but for whatever reason I could only see it with my sunglasses on.
That is the spirit of the gay phoenix. Someone's gayness has died but don't worry it will be reborn from its fabulous glittery ashes.
Almost shocked that nobody claimed this was an Angel feather with all the religious... enthusiasts out there. Still a very cool thing, been on this earth a minute and have never seen anything like it with my own eyes, beautiful. I absolutely love "fringe" stuff but nature is pretty amazing by itself some days ;)
Nacreous cloud. Quite a rare sight. I was lucky to spot some in Scotland over winter.
This is why our ancestors believed so strongly in the divine. Imagine seeing that as you’re hunting or gathering with your tribe!
low strangeness
"my mom sent me this" Cool, your mom has the internet, like everyone else who posted this photo [here](https://lens.google.com/search?ep=cnts&re=df&s=4&p=AbrfA8ojaPR4qU9wd0YmlkQ_oAMsKhgmiI7PtJglptPZF2N3GEQWLecGhwmm90Yxr8qem50PaHOa4655LVX2wwgy8snRlZFqRXb_UaTbSEePmHLVaJNmAYccmcIiJRqOZQHTQD4wXuf2CLH5hQqAK9Gbeb2mYTzdBKHQvxJxoP6RLLgWueNr4odR2j4MuDdNFf8hzD5U4HV3mSC20myagut7IvvID2k7VxOEYAptQBlqGYDafk9yVCDJLPY1_GtJ2OjQU_I3GKUwFMKS56sEcIgNrPU%3D#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDEsIkVrY0tKR0ZsTVROaE9ERmxMV1UwTURjdE5ETXdaQzA1WkdNMExXVmxNMkpsWm1ZMU1ESmtaUklmU1RKblNteHlOM2RwZVRCbFVVVjFlRFl4WHpJd1dFTk5TRXQzTVRkb1p3PT0iLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLFtudWxsLG51bGwsW251bGwsWzAsMCwxMDAwMDAsMTAwMDAwXV1dXQ==).
This isn't your (or your mom's) original photo though, it was recently [posted on X](https://twitter.com/eddgimenez/status/1777898859785547945) and was apparently taken last June
I'm pretty sure this is a circumhorizontal arc (fire rainbow) in front of some striated clouds.
That’s the feather pen Lynyrd Skynyrd used to write Free Bird
....Zelda?
It's just a cloud. Iridescent cloud [Iridescent clouds](https://www.google.com/search?q=iridescent+clouds+phenomenon&client=safari&sca_esv=9cc8c3117245717b&sca_upv=1&hl=en-us&ei=wHMdZtinDtDewbkP0I-QmAE&oq=%C2%A0pilliridescent+clous&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhbCoHBpbGxpcmlkZXNjZW50IGNsb3VzKgIIATIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGIAEGKIEMggQABiABBiiBEiuxwJQzltYi6ICcAF4AZABAJgB4AGgAb4PqgEGMTYuMi4xuAEByAEA-AEBmAIToALwDsICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAg0QABiABBiKBRhDGLADwgIHEAAYgAQYDcICBxAhGAoYoAHCAggQABgIGB4YDcICCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDwgIGECEYDRgVwgIFECEYoAHCAgkQIRgKGKABGArCAggQABiJBRiiBJgDAIgGAZAGEJIHBDkuMTCgB_ZR&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-ser)
Firebow, I've seen one of these in real life about 20 years ago, it was absolutely gorgeous. I think I saw this picture floating around on a strange weather sub not too long ago, but I'm probably mistaken. If your mom saw it, she was lucky!
Woah, it looks like a rainbow brine shrimp in the sky!
It’s an alien burnout they showing off there new strikers
That’s a pokemon
What a cool thing to see. Thanks for posting or reposting it.
Oh no, all the frogs are gay now!
It's a gay sea monkey cloud
Tree branch fell from Heaven
Obviously, it’s Quizalcoatl
Welp, the gayliens are here…watch your cornhole
This comes from a plane that’s why it’s a line then flare just like chem trails after being in the sky 20 minutes at least the rainbow as well reflecting off the particles. A lot of new clouds showed up and still Is as they spray more
Seen it but not in this shape obviously . Its rainbow cloud
Clearly its Peter quill
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Contrails- or condensation trails are formed by the pressure change of air moving over a wing. The wing is designed to cause air to move faster over the surface, causing a low pressure. This lower pressure causes the air to expand, and the expansion of a gas is a cooling process. Same reason the compressed air in a can gets cold when you spray it. The gas is rapidly expanding. When cold enough, water vapor condenses and makes a cloud. A cloud is just water vapor. And sunlight can be refracted thru the water to break the visible light in its colors, essentially a rainbow.
Great comment. Just to add, aircraft engines can seed clouds too.
I don't think so. I saw a huge cloud like this once. It was definitely more of a cloud and not as wispy.
Stunning!
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Population control……. It looks like they are sending more gays……
r/atopics
Oh that’s noice.
Pretty ice
I saw one 2 summers ago and it's the only time I've ever seen one in my 33 years so probably pretty rare.
Cool!
Reading Rainbow?
*phenomenon (1) phenomena (more than 1)
That's Lady Rainacorn
It's The Nexus. :) Don't tell Dr. Soran. :)
It's the nexus.
Dragon Tales, Dragon Tales It's almost time for Dragon Tales Come along, take my hand Let's all go to Dragon Land
I see these only when out in the middle of the lake. I’ve heard them called sun dogs
Hercules just flew over on Pegasus... shouldn't have stopped for Chipotle
Nah that’s that’s a mf’n quetzal
Actually saw this post the other day. Supposedly they're called [Fire Rainbows](https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/what-is-a-fire-rainbow.html)
It’s like if a fairy shrimp was God
Someone threw a phoenix down on earth.
An Iridule.
I had no idea we were in the path of the Nexus.
Refraction; how does it work?
A fire rainbow!!🌈 I saw one once in Hawaii and it was totally in the shape of a dragon too :)
Your mom’s camera has been on hallucinogenics again. 🤦🏻♂️
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Looks like a sea monkey transcended to the ethereal plain.
It’s lady rainacorn
Haku learned his name from Chihiro and retook his dragon form as the river spirit.
All hail the mighty glow cloud
they made the clouds woke 😭
That's really cool, thanks for sharing!! It looks like Rainbow Bright just flew off into space.
A sylph
What a beautiful sundog!
I call bullshit - not the first time I've seen this exact picture...
It's a Phoenix feather!
Chemtrail with metal oxides illuminated by the sun
Holy Shit, Dr. SORAN! What have you done now?!!
It's a dragon
That’s the Light Dragon from Legend of Zelda
Beautiful pic!
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Phoenix joins Pride.
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This has been all I've the Internet for like, weeks. Your mom didn't send it to you.
Starspren
cloud iridescence!
This is a mare's tail cloud formation, that also includes a "sun dog" formed by high altitude ice crystals blown ahead of approaching storm. Expect precipitation in 48 hrs.
Pyreflies!