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    • July 7, 2024 at 6:22 pm #609650
      Richard Goetze avatarRichard Goetze
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      Hi, all —

      I’ll call this a sunset bow for now but welcome your insights.

      Saw a delicate and short lasting bow appear opposite a sunset. Hints of spectrum colour but mostly the rose-pink of sunset was visible. I couldn’t get a photo of the entire bow which was visible to unassisted eyes. Pictured is the brightest portion. Location is Lake Buckhorn, Ontario, Canada. Date: June 29, 2024. Time: 20:58 EDT. Conditions: 22 C, light southerly wind, shortly after a rain shower.sunset bow

      73 RG

    • July 8, 2024 at 7:35 am #609732
      Nienke Lantman avatarNienke Lantman
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      I think this was the bottom part of a rainbow, the lower the sun the higher up the rainbow…..

    • July 8, 2024 at 10:55 am #609742
      Ally McGurk avatarAlly McGurk
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      Yes, I’ve seen sunset rainbows too, and because of the colour of the sunlight at that time of evening, fewer colours appear in the rainbow. Here’s one from 4 years ago at Silloth, on the Cumbrian Solway coast (UK). It has a little more variation than yours, but it’s similar, I think!

       

       

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    • July 8, 2024 at 6:03 pm #609775
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
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      I so appreciate this sunset question.  I recently saw something similar.  This is facing east at 9:30 pm.  Who doesn’t love a rainbow, even if it is a partial.P1078285 (2)

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