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Rainbow rising

On the same day as www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/26514237951, an hour later, this smashing rainbow appeared in the sky. I have never seen a rainbow this low, and never so clearly seen the effect of light breaking, causing the sky inside the first rainbow to be much brighter than the surroundings, while on the outer side of the rainbow the sky looks much darker (another optical effect of light breaking). It even looked the rainbow had a 3D component with the more blue components placed further away. It was an amazing sight. The black sheep in front was so kind not to run away, giving me a little foreground filling. And finally I realized I had captured two Rainbows songs in one image (Black sheep of the family, and Catch the rainbow). The hard rock generation from the 70ties will know what I mean!

 

I will be some time away from flickr, because I am going to Sweden, hopefully I will come back with some nice pics. Enjoy in the mean time!

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Uploaded on April 25, 2016
Taken on April 17, 2016