Apr 28, 2019
Supernumerary rainbow at sunset at the Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA
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Supernumerary rainbow at sunset at the Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA
From Astronomy Picture of the Day; October 2, 2018:
Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey John Entwistle
Yes, but can your rainbow do this? After the remnants of Hurricane Florence passed over Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA last month, the Sun came out in one direction but something quite unusual appeared in the opposite direction: a hall of rainbows. Over the course of a next half hour, to the delight of the photographer and his daughter, vibrant supernumerary rainbows faded in and out, with at least five captured in this featured single shot.Supernumerary rainbows only form when falling water droplets are all nearly the same size and typically less than a millimeter across. Then, sunlight will not only reflect from inside the raindrops, but interfere, a wave phenomenon similar to ripples on a pond when a stone is thrown in. In fact, supernumerary rainbows can _only _be explained with waves, and their noted existence in the early 1800s was considered early evidence of light's wave nature.
Supernumerary rainbow at sunset at the Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA
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20221117_F0001: Segmented rainbow over Canterbury Cathedral by Wei-Feng Xue Via Flickr: - From the time over #10YearsAgo I saw this peculiar rainbow over Canterbury Cathedral. The rainbow was segmented, probably due to limited and uneven sunlight producing the rainbow. This must be an uncommon sight.
20221116_F0001: Rainbow, secondary rainbow, supernumerary rainbow and Alexander's dark band by Wei-Feng Xue Via Flickr: - I have shot a few rainbows in the past. This sighting was one of the stronger ones i had. I got a close up shot of all the rainbow components that includes the secondary rainbow outside the main arc, the supernumerary rainbow inside the main arc and the Alexander's dark band between the main and secondary arcs.
I walked outside after dinner yesterday to see the most beautiful rainbow I have ever seen in my life. It was huge.