A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by both reflection and refraction of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky.
In a double rainbow, a second arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed, red facing toward the other one, in both rainbows. Between the two bows lies an area of unlit sky referred to as Alexander’s band.
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Fabulous, Jude! What a wonderful sight, your images are stunning. Did you see Sunday’s moon? I was driving at the time, would have loved a shot. By the time I got home, I didn’t have such a good view!
The moon was very bright, but I can’t see it rise from my house so it was well up in the sky. Lots of interesting colours from behind the clouds. Have to use a tripod to capture that though and a very long zoom!
Well, yes, and I don’t have the long zoom….but I think one could have got the effect of the size the other day against houses etc…
By the time I could see it it was well above the houses and therefore looked quite normal in size – very bright though. I like the September harvest moon when it is almost orange.
True…and not too long to wait!
Such vibrant photos of the double rainbow Jude. what a wonderful capture. Does that mean there were two pots of gold? 🙂
Now that IS a nice thought 🙂
Double the gold then? Wonderful capture, Jude.
Ah, if only I could have got to the end of ONE of them even!
Great photos – I love double rainbows. For a while it seemed that I saw them quite often, but I don’t think I’ve seen one for a while now.
I have seen some very dramatic and vibrant rainbows since moving here, but this was the first really distinct double (sometimes see that faint second bow) and the space between them really did look like a highway.
Even though I know how rainbows form, they are so magical.
Wonderful clarity in these photos – and a double rainbow indeed! The roofs cape gave me as much pleasure as the rainbow, as I sit up in bed after my return home and sleeping around two clocks. Now to restore my loyalties to Potato Point, with the blessing of a rainbow.
Thank you Meg – I take it you had a safe journey home? Relax and take it easy for a while to get over that horrid jet-lag. Then you can go exploring with your camera. Rainbows are supposedly lucky signs for me (don’t ask me where I got that from) and I remember seeing several glorious rainbows from the train on my way to a job in the Norwegian fjords when I was 19 yrs old, and thinking, YES, this is going to be a GOOD decision!
It is 🙂 Love the tilt!
Trying to capture the vibrancy without getting the camera wet!
The Spanish term for rainbow is arco-iris, which conveys the notion of an arc that’s iridescent.
That’s really nice.
Double rainbows are SO incredible. I’ve only ever seen one and got a decent photo of it but it’s kind of like potato chips-one is never enough! Thanks for sharing yours Jude – it looks beautiful!
This was rather an intense one Tina, maybe because it was around sunset so the light had already deepened?
Such beautiful vibrant colours Jude. Now go find that pot of gold…. 🙂
[sigh..] a pot of gold would be the answer to my problems PP, but sadly the rainbows didn’t last long enough to go find the ends…
Oh well maybe next time.
Beautiful, and so vivid. During a helicopter flight in Hawaii last year I saw a 360⁰ rainbow for the first time, although it was impossible to photograph properly: http://jaspasjourney.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/img_7994.jpg
That must be quite a sight – I’d also love to see a fogbow, they are incredible.
I’d never heard of a fogbow before, but after a quick Google search… me too!
Throwing one right back at you, have you ever heard or a sun dog?