- Rainbow caused by moonlight.
Moon Rainbow
This is a color version of an earlier B&W post that I am putting up to show a phenomenon that I had not heard of before. A moon rainbow.
While this photo looks like it was taken during the day, it is actually a 10 minute exposure taken last Saturday night during a full moon. (I have lightened the image to make the rainbow more apparent which also gives it more of a daytime feel)
While the shot was being exposed I noticed the arc of light and it took me a minute to figure out what I was looking at. I couldn't see the colors at the time, but when I uploaded the image I knew I had captured something unique. A rainbow from moonlight in the mist of the waterfall.
A Time magazine article from 1938 about moon rainbows.
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Michelle TX (59 months ago | reply)
Very cool...great capture!
Kent Mercurio (59 months ago | reply)
Good eye and nice capture! Thanks for the link as well.
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Onyx23 (59 months ago | reply)
Even more impressive after you read about the shot.
I think the B&W one stands out more, but the details make this a remarkable image.
aplseed photography (59 months ago | reply)
Interesting phenomena,Beautiful waterfall shot.
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tsuntsun3 (59 months ago | reply)
awesome capture !
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Renuka Perera (59 months ago | reply)
This is a heavenly image.. Love this shot.. Very nice.
. SantiMB . (59 months ago | reply)
Wow! Amazing shot!
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caucas (59 months ago | reply)
so nice shot
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Excellent shot. Like it very much.
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beautiful !!!
Titta di Girolamo (59 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!
Vincént (59 months ago | reply)
A phenomenon indeed.
Must have been breathtaking. Congs!
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GeoffreyBellPhotography.com (59 months ago | reply)
If you're going to Yosemite, use the following link to get your own moonbow shot of Yosemite falls. http://uweb.txstate.edu/~do01/
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HeLMut G. (59 months ago | reply)
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Wonderful capture.
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SJKen (59 months ago | reply)
This is tremendous landscape & waterfall capture.. the colors capture are also very impressive.
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jazz&catlover (59 months ago | reply)
It's always amazing what cameras "see" that we don't notice until we view the image. That's a cool photo and the rainbow gives it that extra touch.
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Dregster (59 months ago | reply)
Very nice shot!!Places like that make us dream with a better world!!....
_jimmyjames (59 months ago | reply)
really cool
amataiclaudius (59 months ago | reply)
I can't believe that this is being lit by the moon..... how cool is that!?. This is a great shot.....the rainbow is a bonus.
gabi porter (59 months ago | reply)
You answered the question I posed in the black & white version's comments. And again, I'll say I'm so jealous of your subject matter! Big city photogs could try and get these lovely velvety, shadowy results but everything I try over 60 seconds is just burned out. 10 minutes and I'd be looking at a big bright yellow flare. Haha. Beautiful! And thanks for the lesson, I learn so much from everyone here.
jsarcadia (59 months ago | reply)
This'd be great even without the rainbow.
Jon & Catherine Stead (54 months ago | reply)
This is great- much better in colour than in B&W too.
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Mark J. Teleha (52 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous!
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purolipan (48 months ago | reply)
Phenomenal picture!
omylouse (47 months ago | reply)
Amazing!
Neşe Avcıl (42 months ago | reply)
Very nice.
lexi1284ever (36 months ago | reply)
Thats amazing! :) I took a picture of the same waterfall last year from the same angle...
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