A RARE weather phenomenon - the snowbow - was captured in the skies above Mid Cheshire yesterday, Tuesday.

Temperatures plummeted during the night on Monday and there was a blanket of snow covering the ground when people woke on Tuesday morning.

Once the skies cleared there was an atmospheric phenomenon resembling a rainbow but associated with snow visible above the buildings.

Guardian Camera Club members captured the rare sight which takes place when sunlight is refracted through the snowflakes in the air.

A snowbow only happens when the sun is low in the sky and it's snowing.

Snowbow by Rachel Thompson

Snowbow by Rachel Thompson

Snowbow by Ryan Mottram

Snowbow by Ryan Mottram

Snowbow in Antrobus by Sue Lawless

Snowbow in Antrobus by Sue Lawless

Snowbow in Hartford by Heather Pinchien

Snowbow in Hartford by Heather Pinchien

Snowbow in Knutsford by Julie Thonnings Whelan

Snowbow in Knutsford by Julie Thonnings Whelan

Snowbow in Winsford by Lynzi Blake

Snowbow in Winsford by Lynzi Blake