'Paddle Pop' rainbow spotted in Singapore skies

A “delicious”-looking weather occurrence was spotted in the Singapore sky on Monday (20 February), drawing much attention from social media users.

Dubbed a “Paddle Pop” rainbow by netizens – in reference to the popular rainbow-coloured frozen dairy snack – some speculated that it could have been a fire rainbow, a rare weather phenomenon caused by clouds of water droplets of uniform size. The term “fire” in its name is said to come from how fire rainbows appear in arcs resembling flames in the sky.

Whatever it may have been, it was surely a colourful way to start the week.