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Not a rain rainbow, but the same phenom. This is at the big falls of the Passaic river in Paterson, New Jersey. The power of the water is incredible. Because the availability of this power, Paterson became in the early 1800s the first industrial city of North America. The falls are now part of the National Park System. If you ever visit New York City, this is well under one hour away.
The rainbow was actually 270 degrees, but I could not capture it in it’s entirety. Maybe I can stitch together the shots.
I booked a trip to Yellowknife in December. (That’s not because I love the cold weather but because that is when my vacation and my wife’s can align.) I am quite nervous about the temperature, so I would like some advice. I did a fair amount of research and we will be renting warm clothes. We will be taking a “tour” a couple of nights. What I don’t quite understand is how you take pictures at up to -40. I read advice to have hand warmers to keep your camera warm, but how can you put these on the camera? Or do you keep the camera in a warm bag, take it out for a couple of minutes and then put it back in a warm bag?
If anybody can share these details I would greatly appreciate it. BTW, I have a Sony mirrorless camera and I plan to use manual focus prime lenses, so there is little mechanical stuff that could fail. Though I am aware electronics can freeze too.
I don’t think so either, Ramona. They happen in the lower troposphere where there is both convection and turbulence. Yours look like cirrus clouds. But keep watching …
I have a new spotting, this one is pretty certain. I noticed it early and was able to photograph it while evolving. It happened just as the sun was setting so the light was dying out fast. The shots are a bit enhanced.
I think I found the monotype: https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/?s=monotype
I love it!
Hi Laurence, your post did not go unnoticed. It is an incredible phenomenon. It was also featured as “cloud of the day” sometime in June, I believe. I quickly looked up the location … Venezuela. I’ll wait a while before I make plans to travel there, though it’s tempting. Thanks for sharing.
Hygge, John Deed’s shot is incredible, but I never heard of a double CZA. Nor can I find references. The bright one is a CZA, IMO, but the fainter one is something else. I am sure Hans can identify it.
Sun, moon and rainbow in the same shot. This is a “pano” of the New York Bay (of the Hudson River) from the southern tip of Manhattan. The rainbow is over Brooklyn and the sun is setting over New Jersey.
You have to click on the picture to enlarge it to see the moon. It is high above the double wooden right piling.
This is a nice one. There seem to be multiple fallstreaks in the same hole, so to say. The fact that there are three distinct holes (at least that’s what I see clearly) says that there is significant air traffic, which is considered to be the cause of this phenomenon. In this case, it would not be impossible for fallstreaks to form in close proximity and eventually merge. Perhaps planes follow the same routes. Just my thinking.
Found this in EarthSky today:
Almost unbelievable. A question I have is what are the two rainbow-like symetrical patches close to the edges (lower half)?
Could it be Aeolus?
https://phys.org/news/2018-08-tracking-satellite-delayedby-adverse.html
