yesterday’s lightning criss-crossed rainbows over Catalina/Oro Valley. Couldn’t capture the lightning, but two strokes occurred while this glorious rainbow was in progress. Once again, being from Seattle, I have to say, “Never seen that combination before.” I now really wish the University of Washington had had a branch campus in the Tucson area–go Huskies! … Continue reading In case you missed it…
Category: Rainbows
In case you missed it-a spectacular, if odd, partial rainbow
Have never seen anything like this, shot taken about 5:50 AM LST yesterday, July 26th. My best guess is that it was a partial rainbow, made possible by the small region of rain falling out of these Altocumulus opacus clouds. Probably some bulges in those tops above where the rain is falling so that they… Continue reading In case you missed it-a spectacular, if odd, partial rainbow
The color of rain
In case you missed it last evening…. Don’t forget, too, that if you are standing in sunlight AND rain, that you are IN somebody’s rainbow. In fact, whereever the sunlight is hitting the rain is somebody’s rainbow. You can only see the one the laws of physics combined with drop sizes allow you to… Continue reading The color of rain