This is the stunning moment a rainbow cloud was captured in Ribeirao Claro, Brazil.
The beautiful phenomenon is known as cloud iridescence and happens when many clouds are next to each other and are very thin and made of similar type of droplets.
The image was recorded last Sunday by salesman André Luiz Nassif at Fazenda São João, a tourist spot in Riberao Clara, near Parana, where he works at weekends.
The rainbow like cloud remained in the sky for about half an hour.
The stunned salesman, said he headed to Gavião Hill, to look at the landscape – something a lot of tourists in the area regularly do.
He saw the cloud and realised it was still not moving, so decided to take a video of the rare feat of nature, according to UOL.
Iridescence is most often seen close to the sun, and usually happens when a cloud is forming.
The halo-shaped cloud, which appears like a rainbow, engulfs the moon or the sun and the colours change as the cloud evolves.
This is the stunning moment a rainbow cloud was captured over the clouds in Ribeirao Claro, Brazil
The beautiful phenomenon is known as cloud iridescence and happens when many clouds are next to each other and very thin, and made of similar droplets
The image was recorded last Sunday by salesman André Luiz Nassif at Fazenda São João, a tourist spot in the Riberao Clara, near Parana
A similar sighting was spotted in Darwin, Australia, earlier this week.
The rare phenomenon in Australia was slightly different, as it occurs when ice crystals refract the sun’s rays.
Darwin locals took to social media to post images of the sky, with some describing it as an ‘ice prism’ and a ‘cloud bow’ because the multi-coloured lining looked like a rainbow.