VIRAL: Pastel-hued clouds appear in Zamboanga del Sur

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/trending/04/26/rainbowclouds-2017-042617.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc"><cite>Anne Elle Salikala</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Fluffy clouds that radiated pastel swirls caught netizens&#x27; attention, with photos of the &quot;rare&quot; sky display going viral.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1454728" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure><figcaption><div class="embed-desc"><cite>Anne Elle Salikala</cite></div></figcaption><p>&quot;The unicorn is here,&quot; Anne Elle Salikala said in jest on Facebook as she posted a video and photos of the colorful cloud, taken in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. </p><p>Netizens have been swooning over the photos as Salikala&#x27;s post has generated at least 18,000 reactions and at least 85,699 shares on Facebook.</p><p>ABS-CBN resident meteorologist Leonilo Millares identified the multi-colored phenomenon as &quot;cloud iridescence&quot; or the display of rainbow colors caused by the distribution of light through &quot;small water droplets present in cumulus or circus clouds.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1454729" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure><p>&quot;This phenomenon will not occur if the water droplets that formed in the clouds are too big,&quot; Millares said.</p><p>Cloud iridescence are considered rare because people in the Philippines are not keen on reporting or documenting every sighting of the phenomenon, he said.</p><p>Millares said cloud iridescence can happen anywhere, even on nights when the moon shines bright, provided that cloud formations carry the minuscule droplets needed to refract the light.</p>

<p>Fluffy clouds that radiated pastel swirls caught netizens' attention, with photos of the "rare" sky display going viral.</p>

Fluffy clouds that radiated pastel swirls caught netizens' attention, with photos of the "rare" sky display going viral.

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VIRAL: Pastel-hued clouds appear in Zamboanga del Sur

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Published Apr 26, 2017 04:45 PM PHT

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