People across the region spotted the natural display on Tuesday night.
People across the region spotted the natural display shortly after 5pm on Tuesday night. However you may be wondering what the causes the phenoment to occur?
The Met Office says they are formed when sunlight is reflected twice within a raindrop with the violet light that reaches your eye coming from the higher raindrops and the red light from lower raindrops.
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