A stunning weather phenomenon was spotted over parts of Virginia this week – a so-called "rainbow cloud," which looks like a bright prism of color behind soft clouds. Several people in Hamilton, ...

My friend Deric Hughes tipped me off to a new urban legend spreading around: rainbow clouds appearing in the sky shortly before earthquakes. Lots of folks are buzzing over this on Twitter, for example ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Clouds are usually a popular weather topic because they can seem like familiar shapes or fun colors. This week, the sky put on a show and our Coastal Bend Weather Watchers ...

An incredible photo was captured in southern Indiana of cloud iridescence. This photo was submitted by Bobbi Bledsoe, from French Lick, captured on Mother's Day.WLKY Chief Meteorologist Jay Cardosi ...

Is that a rainbow cloud?Sky-watchers in Salinas spotted a colorful object in the sky at 1:40 p.m. Friday, and some called KSBW's newsroom to ask, "What is it?"I asked KSBW's lead weather forecaster, ...

Not always the most common thing you’ll see in the sky but maybe you’ve noticed a ‘rainbow cloud’ in the sky during the day. Something that looks like these two pictures. This rare and beautiful ...

Tuesday evening, if you happened to be looking up, you may have seen some rainbow-esqe clouds high in the sky. As showers and thunderstorms moved across Orlando, several viewers sent in photos to FOX ...

A bright band of colors broke through the clouds, shining a gradient of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet ...

NASA has launched a new satellite to examine invisible specks in the atmosphere said to impact weather, climate and air quality. According to NASA, the aerosol-detecting satellite, known in science ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...