Rainbow in a sunset
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J-SPEIGHT wrote:
WOW Val. What a great capture
Thank you Jack, just happened to be in the garden at the right time...
Jun 27, 2022 17:36:19 #
merrytexan wrote:
that's so pretty...good job spotting the rainbow, val!
Thank you merry, it did blend in with the sky very well...
Jun 27, 2022 17:47:18 #
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
That's a very nice image and unusual as well. Rainbows are visible because sunlight, coming from the sun behind you is reflected back toward you off water droplets in the air. Since this is a sunset picture, the sun is in front of you, not behind you so is not the source of the rainbow. Any chance there was a bright moon behind you? There are rare phenomena known as moonbows that might be what you photographed.
Thank you Reuss, It was a sunset and the sun was behind me when I took the picture, the sun sets at Hayle Towans a large beach about 12 miles from me. We had had showers on and off all day and the whole sky was this colour which ever way you looked. I have seen beautiful sunsets from the village but not with the sky like this one nor with a rainbow in it...
Jun 27, 2022 19:28:02 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
nanaval wrote:
Thank you Mike, First time I have seen one and the whole sky was red as the sun was setting behind me...
I had previously said I thought it was a moonbow. I assumed the red glow was due to the setting sun in front of you. But you just said it was behind you so it really is a rainbow. My mistake but still rare and a very nice image.
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