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A Rainbow Appeared This Evening

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Jianlin Su June 30, 2012 #1644

I saw a rainbow this evening! Of course, it is not exactly a rare spectacle, but it is still a beautiful sight.

People say "one cannot see a rainbow without going through wind and rain," but I found that a rainbow doesn’t necessarily appear after the rain. Today, when I saw the rainbow, it was just before a rainstorm. The rainbow appeared around 18:10 and lasted for about 5 minutes. As I watched, the rain grew heavier, and I was forced to stop admiring it; however, the rainbow also disappeared at that point.

I used an old camera to briefly record this beautiful scenery! This is the first time I have photographed a rainbow ^_^.

I’m not sure if it’s a camera issue or if it was actually happening, but I noticed two rainbows in the photos. Could this rainbow be a "double rainbow"? That would truly be a spectacle!

[Click to view image: Rainbow Panorama]

A very old household digital camera, no wide-angle lens, unable to take panoramic shots. This was stitched together from two images using Photoshop, so the effect is not great.

[Click to view image: Rainbow Photo 1]

[Click to view image: Rainbow Photo 2]

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