Bow down before splendour!

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    Also from Fuerteventura.

    Am I really the only person to have posted shots from here?

    The rain was strange - sometimes falling heaviliy in patches no wider than 200m. Sometimes they moved slowly up the beach and you could run round them!!!

    Zsaj, Auntie K, POldi♬24, dshearer, and 14 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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    1. Walt K 85 months ago | reply

      You may not have noticed that your beautiful picture of a rainbow is different from a normal rainbow in that on the inside of the bow there are additional faint bright bands. What you have is an example of a supernumerary rainbow which occurs when the raindrops are very close to the same size. They are not commonly recognized, and occasionally show up in pictures like this. I wasn't aware of them until one showed up in one of my pictures and I did a little checking and found out what it was.

    2. Today is a good day 85 months ago | reply

      @Walt K - many thanks for that.
      I'll do a little finding out mytself now!!

    3. Autumm 83 months ago | reply

      We would love to see this photo and other eligibles in Flora Nature's 15th Contest: RAINBOWSContest ends August 19th

    4. silyld 61 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Supernumerary Rainbows, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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