India, May 5 -- Rare rainbow-coloured clouds were spotted over parts of Indonesia, drawing attention on social media. The visual showed soft, multicoloured bands appearing across a thin layer of cloud, creating a spectrum-like effect in the sky. The phenomenon was captured in photographs that quickly circulated online.

The picture shows a sky scene with a large, towering cloud formation against a deep blue background. Along the edge of the cloud, a striking band of iridescent colours appears-shades of pink, purple, green, yellow, and blue blending smoothly like a natural rainbow halo.

The caption of the post shared on Monday read," Amazing! Rare "rainbow clouds" were spotted in the sky over Indonesia.

This phenomenon occurs when sunlig...