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'The Lord is coming': Rare FIRE rainbow sparks apocalypse fears after being spotted by terrified villagers
Villagers recorded the moment the incredible weather phenomenon appeared in the sky
A rare 'rainbow of fire' has sparked apocalypse fears after it was spotted by terrified sky gazers.
The phenomenon was spotted by citizens living in the Patapo district of the city of Chiclayo in the north-western Peruvian department of Lambayeque.
Villagers who spotted the rare rainbow decided to record and to take pictures of it and share them on social networks, where they went viral.
In footage of the rare weather phenomenon , the man recording says: "Good afternoon, right now we are seeing a rare yellow line in the sky, and people are a bit scared.
Villagers feared the apocalypse after spotting the fire rainbow (Photo: CEN)
"The rainbow appeared in the early hours of this morning. It appears to be a cloud with a colour similar to yellow."
Viewers joked that it was the biblical Apocalypse.
'Valle Torres Jhosep' said: "Regret sinners... The Lord is coming... now a lot of you will take your bibles and will start reading and beat their chest, ridiculous... and religious people will say that God is near us".
'Anghello Pleyconth Chafloque Descalzhi' added: "Hell has been split open... repent or you will be burned."
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The 'line of fire' sparked fears of an apocalypse (Photo: CEN)
'Jose Perez' commented: "It is the whip of fire that is coming here to punish sinners... the end of the world is coming."
And 'Evelyn Cruz Llaguento' said: "In the Bible it is said that fire will fall from the sky, as will the blessing to the disciples of Jesus in order to evangelise all the nations."
But most of the comments clearly showed that most netizens were not fooled and that they were aware there was a scientific explanation.
The horizontal 'rainbow of fire' is an optical phenomenon caused by ice crystals in the clouds that are lined up horizontally when the sun is around 58 degrees from the horizon.
Villagers captured incredible footage of the rainbow (Photo: CEN)
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Known to meteorologists as a circumhorizontal arc, it is usually seen in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.
The line of fire effect seen in the Peruvian pictures is formed when the arc is fragmented.
In its full form, the colours seen are the same spectrum of hues found in a true rainbow. As with rainbows, it is usually caused by light from the sun but can be formed in rare instances by light from the moon.
