28th June 2016

‘Fire rainbows’ are created from ice!

‘Fire rainbows’, technically known as circumhorizontal arcs, occur from a spectacular phenomenon in the sky. They are formed by the refraction of sunlight or moonlight on plate-shaped ice crystals in the clouds high up in the sky. They are neither fire nor rainbow, yet are called so because of the vibrant colours that spill out in different directions making them appear like flames.

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8th February 2016

Snowflake and its composition

The structure of a snowflake is quite complex. It is formed from a frozen drop of cloud, which forms the nucleus. The nucleus quickly attracts water molecules around it that freeze instantly. In the process, the attracted water molecules branch out giving the snowflake a unique hexagonal shape. Since the branching out process is different in each case, it is highly unlikely that two snowflakes would look the same.

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