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Fire Rainbows Are Cold

  • November 30, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

A circumhorizontal arc is sometimes called a “fire rainbow,” but it really forms due to ice. When light shines a certain way through the ice crystals in a high-altitude cirrus cloud, it gets bent, like in a prism, creating a colorful halo that lights up the sky.

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