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Re: [OM] Six Rainbows

Subject: Re: [OM] Six Rainbows
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 06:39:05 +0000
Well done, Mike!

As far as the small vertical element is concerned, I suspect that there was a 
change in the formation of the moisture at that point sufficient to cause a 
distinct and separate prism effect.

Chris

> On 23 Jan 20, at 17:50, Mike Bloor <admin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Xmas Eve I was taking my dogs for a walk along the beach when it started 
> raining. With the help of the reflection on the wet sand, I grabbed a picture 
> of six rainbows. http://www.vyuze.com/images/rainbows.jpg 
> <http://www.vyuze.com/images/rainbows.jpg>
> 
> Technically it's not great. It was taken with an iPhone and having a 35Kg dog 
> tugging on his lead at the same time is the very opposite of image 
> stabilisation. I know the mechanism that creates the main rainbow and also 
> the outer one of the double rainbows that we see quite often. Can anyone 
> explain the short, vertical rainbow in between those two? I have seen this 
> effect before, but only rarely.

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