In the meantime, enjoy this reflection of the sun and clouds in a rain puddle that was beneath our feet as we walked through the parking lot.
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| Rainbow clouds in a sunny puddle |
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Rainbow in a puddle
We will be on assignment for the next two weeks or so, and should be back by the end of the month. That means limited new posts.
In the meantime, enjoy this reflection of the sun and clouds in a rain puddle that was beneath our feet as we walked through the parking lot.
In the meantime, enjoy this reflection of the sun and clouds in a rain puddle that was beneath our feet as we walked through the parking lot.
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I hope you have a great time!
ReplyDeleteNice - it is almost like you are looking up at the sun instead of at a reflection.
ReplyDeleteI am really impressed how you manage to get your photos 'on the fly', so to speak. Like here - I imagine that you are walking through the parking lot, see the scene, whip out your camera (if it is not already in your hand?), step back to reframe the scene, a click (maybe two?), and back on your way, with the people around you looking in askance at what they had missed that you did not.
ReplyDeleteQuite probably the "rainbow" was actually in the sky! It is a phenomenon called cloud iridescence.
ReplyDeleteYou are probably correct! Of course, I did not notice it in the clouds, but it seemed very obvious in the puddle. That makes me wonder if the reflection in the puddle polarized some of the light, and that polarization made the cloud iridescence very obvious. For example, viewing a rainbow through polarized glasses can bring out colors that are not noticed with the naked eye.
DeleteTake a look at this http://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/2016/06/fire-rainbow.html
Possibly! Though I think the main reason you could see it better in the puddle is because the reflection is less bright than the original, so it doesn't get lost in the sun's glare so much.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful circumhorizontal arc! It's different from iridescence (some info can be found here), but it must be stunning to behold in person. A darn shame the sun doesn't get high enough to see it where I live...
> the reflection is less bright than the original
DeleteGood point. I doubt I would have seen that if I had been looking up, and the camera would not have recorded that if I had photographed the sun. The reflection nicely turned down the intensity.
> Beautiful circumhorizontal arc!
DeleteThanks! I was amazed to see it myself, and had to pull off the highway so I could photograph it.
> the sun doesn't get high enough to see it where I live...
I photographed that at roughly 41.8, -71.3, which is pretty far south.
You mentioned the https://www.atoptics.co.uk/ Atmospheric Optics site. I have used that for several years - a fantastic site!
(Hahaha! Woops, just noticed that I had already commented back then and completely forgotten about it. ;)
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