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A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia

A circumhorizon arc, informally called a fire rainbow, appeared over a cirrus cloud in West Virginia when ice crystals within the cloud refracted light like prisms. The optical phenomenon typically appears as a flame-like arc running parallel to the horizon.

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