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class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/apod\/apod\/2026\/august\/FireRainbow_Harbig_4000.jpg?w=4000&amp;h=3000&amp;fit=clip&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/apod\/apod\/2026\/august\/FireRainbow_Harbig_4000.jpg?w=4000&amp;h=3000&amp;fit=clip&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"display-48 margin-top-0 margin-bottom-3\">A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia<\/h1>\n<div class=\"grid-row media-detail-hero__content-row\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<p class=\"p-md margin-0 media-detail-hero__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> What\u2019s happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating <a href=\"http:\/\/micro.magnet.fsu.edu\/primer\/java\/scienceopticsu\/newton\/\" rel=\"noopener\">prisms<\/a>. Known informally as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circumhorizon_arc\" rel=\"noopener\">circumhorizon arc<\/a> appears parallel to the horizon. For a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atoptics.co.uk\/halo\/cha2.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">circumhorizontal arc<\/a> to be visible, <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/sun\/\" rel=\"noopener\">the Sun<\/a> must be at least 58 degrees high in a sky where <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cirrus_cloud\" rel=\"noopener\">cirrus clouds<\/a> present below \u2014 in this case <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colweather.org.uk\/gal-clouds-cirrus.php#Cirrus%20fibratus\" rel=\"noopener\">cirrus fibratus<\/a>. The numerous, flat, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atoptics.co.uk\/halo\/orplate.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">hexagonal ice-crystals<\/a> that compose the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cirrus_cloud\" rel=\"noopener\">cirrus cloud<\/a> must be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atoptics.co.uk\/halo\/platcol.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">aligned horizontally<\/a> to properly <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=U98KPM2b9IA\" rel=\"noopener\">refract sunlight<\/a> in a collectively similar manner. Therefore, <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/fap\/ap190519.html\" rel=\"noopener\">circumhorizontal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/fap\/ap151215.html\" rel=\"noopener\">arcs<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/550x\/81\/21\/c0\/8121c0291fa14d1fe52b9eb007741cac.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">somewhat unusual<\/a> to see. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=4794142133932422\" rel=\"noopener\">featured fire rainbow<\/a> was photographed in 2021 near <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kROh8JwKnOk\" rel=\"noopener\">North Fork Mountain<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Virginia\" rel=\"noopener\">West Virginia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" rel=\"noopener\">USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomorrow\u2019s picture: <\/strong>meteoric photobomb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"display-none desktop:display-block desktop:grid-col-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 margin-top-3 desktop:margin-top-0\">\n<table class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-table width-full\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Date:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 2, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Credit &amp; Copyright:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christa.harbig.photos\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Christa Harbig<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Authors &amp; editors:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Keighley Rockcliffe\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">A service of:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.gsfc.nasa.gov\/astrophysics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASD<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/goddard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GSFC<\/a>,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\/about-science-activation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA Science Activation<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan Tech. 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