Rainbow from nowhere land
Submitted by deepwater on Tue, 2010-02-09 11:36
Just on the way to the beach the other day and this lovely critter came out of no where..
Was lovely to see but still no sight of any rain here in Exmouth.This is just over the road from our house , good to see out your front door!!
Jeff
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Different
Its different thats for sure,real speccy.
sunshine
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Caused by verga rain
Think that is how it is spelt but stand to be corrected, the rain evaporates before it ever reaches the ground hence you see the rainbow but not the wet stuff
deepwater
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thanks sunshine
we get that here very often but that is the first time i have caught it on camera now i got a name for it thanks mate
ody
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Hi Ya, Either verga rain
Hi Ya,
Either verga rain - yes spelled correctly - or more likely caused by the ice crystals making up the very high altitude clouds. At that altitude the ice crystals are all roughly the same size and shape so refract the light in a specific wayt. Also what causes sun halos as described on this forum (I think) a day or ago ago.
Pretty good pic I migh add.
Cheers.
Tony Halliday
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been a few good sun halo's
been a few good sun halo's or also called sun-dogs from high altitude ice Crystal causing rings around the sun.
google "sun dogs" and you'll find loads of info on them and rainbows that don't curve either,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog
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deepwater
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thanks for that Tony i wil
thanks for that Tony i wil have a look mate
jeff