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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Fire rainbow spotted in Ohio sky explained
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (WCMH) — People in southeastern Ohio were treated to an unusual sight overhead, many described as a 'fire rainbow' in social media posts. Rusty Mittendorf shared a few shots with NBC4, captioning the images 'Fire in the sky over Gallipolis' on his Facebook account. The pictures showed a long streak of multicolored 'flames' licking the sky. Investigation alleges Kroger overcharges customers on items advertised as on sale Comments on social media to the posts ranged from humorous to wonder and amazement. 'Wow. The Nexus Ribbon!' commented one person, referencing a plot point from the movie 'Star Trek Generations.' It made another person think of 'Back to the Future,' who wrote, 'Doc and Marty passing by in the flying DeLorean is what I see.' 'This is so cool and I'm saving it for painting inspiration, if that's ok!' someone else enthusiastically added. Surprisingly, this atmospheric phenomenon is not a rainbow, but something known as a circumhorizontal arc. Cities in Ohio with the most UFO sightings Storm Team 4 chief meteorologist Dave Mazza reviewed the photos and described what created the spectacular sight. 'It's a thin layer of clouds made up of ice crystals and the sunlight is refracted through those ice crystals to create the rainbow effect,' Mazza said. An article on the American Meteorological Society's website notes that these 'ice-halos' can be formed by sunlight or moonlight and 'are most commonly spotted in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.' The website Scientific Origin reveals that the so-called 'fire rainbows' are 'rare and geographically limited' because of three factors. First, the sun's angle must be at least 58 degrees above the horizon. Next, the cirrus clouds need hexagonal, plate-like ice crystals to refract the light. Last, the ice crystals should be horizontally aligned within the cirrus clouds to get the distinctive blaze shape. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Independent
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
William Shatner shares brutally honest response to Star Trek question
William Shatner has left Star Trek fans in hysterics with his brutally honest reaction to a question about the franchise. Shatner, 93, made his debut in Gene Rodenberry's mega successful sci-fi franchise in 1966, playing Captain James Kirk, and was ultimately killed off in the 1994 film Star Trek Generations. The actor has long been vocal about the reason behind the decision to kill off the character and, in response to being asked on question: 'Why did you let them kill Kirk off in generations?' he shared a gif on social media depicting someone shooting a gun filled with dollars. Fna of Star Trek's praised the actor for his openness in the comments section, with one responding: 'He has a great sense of humour.' Another added: 'I can appreciate this level of simple honesty.' However, it's worth noting that Shatner is not alluding to the fact he himself made money from the decision, but the studio – as he was told by a producer: 'We're going to kill Kirk because we think that [it] will make more money at the box office.' In fact, Shatner was left unimpressed with the impetus behind the idea – but was told Kirk would be dying with or without his approval. Shatner previously told Trek Movie: 'I didn't think I had any choice in the matter. Paramount had decided that the ceiling that they could reach in our box office had been reached and they thought that by putting in The Next Generation cast, that they would reach a higher box office.' 👇🏻😑 — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2025 'That decision had been made. It was either I was going to appear and die, or they were going to say he died. So, I chose the more practical of the two.' The film ended up making just $118m (£93.8m) 'I would have done something else,' Shatner told Crave Online in 2012. 'It was all against me. I wish that there had been more trumpets for the death of the character.' In the last week, Shatner has also claimed that he has 'been approached to resurrect Kirk' by Paramount, who own the rights to the franchise. He wrote on X/Twitter: 'Well, I don't know if you heard; I've been approached to resurrect Kirk. It's all still up in the air (or is it buried under some rocks? ). Whichever the case I'm waiting to hear what the folks at Paramount have to say.' His return would follow the revelation in the third season of spin-off Star Trek: Picard that Kirk's body is in stasis at the Daystrom Institute.
The Independent
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
William Shatner shares brutally honest response to Star Trek franchise question
William Shatner has left Star Trek fans in hysterics with his brutally honest reaction to a question about the franchise. Shatner, 93, made his debut in Gene Rodenberry's mega successful sci-fi franchise in 1966, playing Captain James Kirk, and was ultimately killed off in the 1994 film Star Trek Generations. The actor has long been vocal about the reason behind the decision to kill off the character and, in response to being asked on question: 'Why did you let them kill Kirk off in generations?' he shared a gif on social media depicting someone shooting a gun filled with dollars. Fna of Star Trek's praised the actor for his openness in the comments section, with one responding: 'He has a great sense of humour.' Another added: 'I can appreciate this level of simple honesty.' However, it's worth noting that Shatner is not alluding to the fact he himself made money from the decision, but the studio – as he was told by a producer: 'We're going to kill Kirk because we think that [it] will make more money at the box office.' In fact, Shatner was left unimpressed with the impetus behind the idea – but was told Kirk would be dying with or without his approval. Shatner previously told Trek Movie: 'I didn't think I had any choice in the matter. Paramount had decided that the ceiling that they could reach in our box office had been reached and they thought that by putting in The Next Generation cast, that they would reach a higher box office.' 👇🏻😑 — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2025 'That decision had been made. It was either I was going to appear and die, or they were going to say he died. So, I chose the more practical of the two.' The film ended up making just $118m (£93.8m) 'I would have done something else,' Shatner told Crave Online in 2012. 'It was all against me. I wish that there had been more trumpets for the death of the character.' In the last week, Shatner has also claimed that he has 'been approached to resurrect Kirk' by Paramount, who own the rights to the franchise. He wrote on X/Twitter: 'Well, I don't know if you heard; I've been approached to resurrect Kirk. It's all still up in the air (or is it buried under some rocks? ). Whichever the case I'm waiting to hear what the folks at Paramount have to say.' His return would follow the revelation in the third season of spin-off Star Trek: Picard that Kirk's body is in stasis at the Daystrom Institute.
