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A beautiful fire rainbow illumiinated the skies above Chumphon province in southern Thailand this afternoon (01/11).

The glorious phenomenon, caused by sunlight reflected through water droplets suspended in the atmosphere, lasted for several minutes for dispersing.

Onlooker Alan Atkinson from Cardiff, Wales, said: ''This was a beautiful end to the day. It happened at dusk just as the sun was going down.''