"Every cloud has a silver lining." On Jun. 11, 2024, Tan Meng Aun and his two daughters were having a delightful conversation about this particular proverb.
Little did they know, this phrase that was meant to inspire hope and positivity in difficult situations manifested into reality. At 3:55pm, as Tan and his daughters looked out of the window to search for a literal cloud with a silver lining, the family beheld an unexpected marvel outside their home window. An iridescent cloud was seen amidst the gloomy sky.
Photo courtesy of Tan Meng Aun Speaking to Mothership , Tan remarked that the iridescent cloud was "far more exciting and unique" than the silver lining that they were looking for. Tan and his family were exhilarated to witness this phenomenon for the first time. They crowded around the window to take in the spectacle with their eyes and their phones.
Tan described that the iridescent cloud had "a vivid red halo banded by yellow and blue [tones]". Photo courtesy of Tan Meng Aun As the clouds gradually shifted, so did the colours. Tan marvelled at the colours slowly turning to green and blue, which he commented was unconventional of rainbows.
The whole phenomenon lasted only a few minutes before the rainbow vanished. Shortly, the rain took over the skyline. Tan said to Mothership , "It was really pure luck, or a blessing you could say, that we saw it when we did.
" This was not the first time a "rainbow cloud", as Tan initially dubbed it, made its appearance in Singapore.