Rainbow, but How? Photo

Photographer’s Note

I really don`t know how is this coming, but I saw this rainbow on the sky where was there no particular clouds to the sky. Just few small around the sun. It is taken, so i found it fine, specialy contrast of the tree and blue sky.
See it, Enjoy it, Comment it. :-)
If you want. ;-)

prlcs, elihesamian, Jeppe has marked this note useful

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prlcs (63) 2004-07-01 15:03

La composition est parfaitement équilibrée et les couleurs sont splendides y compris pour l'arc-en-ciel. Bravo et merci pour le partage !

elroyie (2750) 2004-07-01 15:21

Nice colours with good contrast, this rainbow is, as Jurgen said, because the high humidity combined with the sun's halow. Rainbows can be seen when the sun is shining and the air contains water spray or raindrops

TrippleDB (97) 2004-07-01 15:52

I especially like the way the rainbow stands above the tree. :) I have no idea how the rainbow came. Maybe it has something to do with evaporation? I really don't know...
But the picture is a little dark. But it is a nice shot. Well done. :D

elihesamian (26091) 2004-07-02 9:20

Oh!nice catch for decisive moment categories,Very well captured it,Don!
Well done!It's amazing with this colors,you was carefully about it ,Very good attention to sky For it with a nice composition,Well done!I like it.

Jeppe (18623) 2004-07-02 18:08

Hi Don - Funny I also observed a strange rainbow today - but it was very weak and hard to capture.

I can see Jurgen gave you the solution but I continue my note anyway ;-)

A "normal" rainbow always seen with the sun at your back - so this must be a halo (of some kind) - Please check this photo of mine and see the comments - or this site.

thanks for sharing your fine observation -- its perhaps time to make a theme :-)

jurgen (1994) 2004-07-04 12:43

It is a sun's halo. It can be seen in high humidity atmospheres. I have seen it in my city having two colours mainly: light-blue and yellow. I'll try to get more info.
Good contrast in your picture to make this atmosphere phenomenon stand out.

Update: Like rainbows, halos around the sun result from refraction of light, but by ice crystals at high altitude rather than water droplets. They usually occur in cirrus clouds. There are 22° halos and less frequent 46° (halo's radii), together with other features associated with them. Halos differ from rainbows in that, once an halo has appeared, it last usually a considerable length of time, sometimes for hours.
(H. J. P. Arnold. "Astrophotography, an Introduction", 1995)

Jazator (900) 2004-07-07 12:44

Don, I looked many òâîè shots, plenty of good skies, no wonder that you smog to see such interesting effect. Much well!