A heavy goods driver for Morrisons spotted an incredible optical phenomenon on his way back to Formby.
Ian had driven to Glasgow to collect food supplies for the supermarket, but on his return journey he clocked a 'moonbow'.
A moonbow is caused when the light from the moon is refracted through water droplets in the air.
Ian said: "It went very dark and then it appeared, like it bounced downwards."
A spokesperson for the Met Office, told the ECHO: "It looks on the radar that there were a few showers around last night in that area and with the other factors considered it does look to be the correct conditions for a moonbow."
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What is a moonbow?
Moonbows were first mentioned by Aristotle back in 350BC, and there are certain parts of the world where you are more likely to see them, such as Hawaii.
However, they are an extremely rare occurrence, as the Met Office explain: "The amount of light available even from the brightest full moon is far less than that produced by the sun so moonbows are incredibly faint and very rarely seen.
"The fact that not enough light is produced to excite the cone colour receptors in the human eye also compounds the difficulty we have in seeing moonbows."
Rather than seeing the full spectrum of colours, moonbows often appear to be white to the human eye.
However, the colours are there, and long-exposure photographs are a great way of capturing their beauty.
