Posted on 10/04/2014 3:29:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Have you ever seen an entire rainbow? From the ground, typically, only the top portion of a rainbow is visible because directions toward the ground have fewer raindrops. From the air, though, the entire 360 degree circle of a rainbow is more commonly visible. Pictured here, a full circle rainbow was captured over Cottesloe Beach near Perth, Australia last year by a helicopter flying between a setting sun and a downpour. An observer-dependent phenomenon primarily caused by the internal reflection of sunlight by raindrops, the 84-degree diameter rainbow followed the helicopter, intact, for about 5 kilometers. As a bonus, a second rainbow that was more faint and color-reversed was visible outside the first.
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[Credit & Copyright: Colin Leonhardt (Birdseye View Photography)]
looks more like a lens and or window anomaly to me
I saw one once from a high rise office building. The circular rainbow was about 1/2 mile away or less.
It was very cool — once in a lifetime stuff.
Not just a full-circle rainbow, but a double! Magnificent.
I saw one of those from a helicopter over Kauai.
Yep. In a helicopter over Sumatra, Indonesia - we flew thru it. The rainbow encircled us. Back in the mid 70s.
That is really beautiful. Thank you for that.
What about Dorothy?
It’s not bad at all, and I”m not a fan of these terrestrial shots in APoD.
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