Friday, March 14-Saturday, March 15: Venus As A Crescent. Just after sunset, look low in the western sky to see the two innermost planets of the solar system — Venus and Mercury.

The D.C. area was treated to a magnificent display including a towering thunderhead, stunning shelf cloud, gorgeous rainbow, amber sunset and bright green fireball.

Rare rainbow clouds lit up the Arctic sky for 3 days – see the stunning photos. By Joshua Hawkins. Published Jan 6th, 2024 9:01AM EST. Image: Brian L Stetson / Adobe.

Additional photos of the rainbow clouds were taken by photographer Fredrik Broms, showcasing a colorful series of lights in the sky near Tromsø in Norway.Both sets of photographs can be viewed on ...

Known as mother-of-pearl clouds due to their iridescent rainbow sheen, polar stratospheric clouds are a rare atmospheric phenomenon that form under extremely cold temperatures—below minus 108 ...