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' attention, with photos of the "rare" 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>"The unicorn is here," 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'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 "cloud iridescence" or the display of rainbow colors caused by the distribution of light through "small water droplets present in cumulus or circus clouds."</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>"This phenomenon will not occur if the water droplets that formed in the clouds are too big," 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>"The unicorn is here," 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'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 "cloud iridescence" or the display of rainbow colors caused by the distribution of light through "small water droplets present in cumulus or circus clouds."</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>"This phenomenon will not occur if the water droplets that formed in the clouds are too big," 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>

<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>

<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' attention, with photos of the "rare" sky display going viral.</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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