I just had to share this with everyone, in light of the gay pride post and celebrations.

It’s a “fire rainbow”. THE rarest of all naturally occuring atmospheric phenomena.

This particular picture was photographed on the Idaho and Washington borders, and spanned approximately one hour.

In order for the phenomena to occur, the clouds must be cirrus, at least 20k feet in the air, and have just the right amount of ice crystals. The sun has to be precisely placed and hit the clouds at exactly 58 degrees.

Now .. THAT is quite a phenomena.

FireRainbow Courtesy of Snopes