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Faith Black
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Way from June 2010

Here's the original post I made on discussion forums back then

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I had to go to 3 different locations. I was on my way from Wendy's to my sister's house. In that span of time, here's what I captured.

First rainbow

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I thought that would be it. As I'm driving I see it (or another) again. I pull into that parking lot and realize that it's two rainbows.

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I then start having trouble focusing the camera (I need to take classes). Then the faintest one disappears, and within seconds the primary one began to disappear starting at the upper left hand corner.

(I was just so surprised at seeing a disappearing rainbow I couldn't even attempt the take the photo. Maybe next time. Yeah right.)Β :D

Also, looking in the upper left hand corner (when I got home) I could see that there were some extra colors. It's faint, but you can see the extra arcs. I thought it was my bad photography skills.

I did some reading and turns out it's called a supernumerary rainbow. It's rare and can't be explained by standard geometric optics. Thomas Young in the 1800s was able to explain.

I just never knew that extra colors could ever be present on the rainbow. This will be a great spin on our Light and Optics lessons.

After going to wiki and seeing the photo in which they increased the contrast to help make the extra arcs present here...

I did the same for my photo. Here's my increased contrast:

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You can see the additional arcs.

After the rainbows disappeared I continued on to my sister's house, and see another one.

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And even after all of that, as I continued to go on to my sister's house the lightning struck inches away from the rainbow. It almost went right through it. (No photo of that, I wish)

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Camera: Nikon D3000

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Posted : 18/05/2025 6:49 am
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