I saw a double rainbow two weeks ago after a sudden rain and of course my camera was at home. Out of the blue the sky darkened and it started to rain. I saw one of the rainbows end to end, it was beautiful but weird. Do you know the significance of the rainbow, why they appear?
AWESOME! I have to say I have never seen that before! Thanks for sharing!
Gerry! That is magical. I've seen anything of the kind. Can't believe you got another set!
Liz
Ah Gerry - Gold, Blue, Red, Green, Purple and Pink. . .Those are the colors I planted in my garden a few days back. Your rainbows tell me it's alright to put those colors together:-)
Dee,
Other than being beautiful and its occurence happening when it rains and it is shortly followed by sun, I don't know the significance for sure but I believe it has something to do with the light refracting on the humid air like the refraction of a light on a prism which generated the colors of the rainbow.
Liz,
Magical sounds pretty right when one is in observance of this beautiful phenomenon. :)
Myrl,
I can imagine that you have a very beautiful garden. But, I am glad the rainbows confirmed that! :)
Marc,
The time in between the two sets of double rainbows I saw was 6 days. Not sure what the odds of seeing two double rainbows in two weeks are but the odds of seeing them 6 days apart are twice less probable. :)
Hey Gerry, Those photos are just spectacular! I love that golden colored cloud. It must be good luck to see a double rainbow, and it looks like the pot of gold spilled into the cloud on this one.
Mary,
It sure looks like someone discovered the pot of gold on this one! Thank you for visiting this post and your comment. :)
GERRY: Rematkablr captured images. Unbelievable 2 rainbows, a first for me, How I wish I could see one here in RI, I will be on the look out and I WILL HAVE MY CAMERA READY, Thanks for sharing this beauty of Nature.
A double WOW, so lovely. My favorit double was on Lake Mead, NV it was side by side not as normally seen on over the other, and of course did not have a camera with me. Thank heverns for cameras in cell phones.
Kathleen,
You are very welcome. I had not noticed double raibows till I moved to live in Montana. I am glad you came by and enjoyed the beauty. I hope you do get to see one in person and capture with a camera. I know you will be ready! :)
Now you have to go find a triple rainbow or find a way to link it to moose monday!
Paul,
Do triple rainbows even exist? :)
I will have probably more luck finding a moose with a simple rainbow in the background. That would be a great day especially if it falls on a Monday! :)
Hi Gerry, I've seen a couple of double rainbow's in my area lately, but not as nice as yours. Good catch!
Gerry
Great photo--(although it looks "photo-shopped" I know you didn't.) I have never seen a double rainbow before.
Deborah,
For some reason, either I never noticed it anywhere else before or it happens more frequently in Montana, I had never seen a double rainbow before living in Red Lodge, Montana.
Did you find two pots of gold? Did you? And are you willing to share? You mother did teach you to share, right?
Jim,
I did not get the chance to move fast and get to the ends to check for the gold but I would have had no problem sharing with Russel and you and all my other friends here. :)
Magical, aren't they!? Once I made my hubs and sons jump in the car and race to the end of a rainbow, because we could actually SEE where it touched down, and it wasn't far from our house. Sadly, there was no pot of gold ;oP, and because I was never very good at science I didn't know for SURE whether or not we would be able to SEE the rainbow if we were IN IT, (we couldn't!). It lasted an unusually long time, and after we got back in our car and drove away, we could still see it behind us...This is a spectacular catch and though I have seen doubles elsewhere, I think I have seen more in the mountains, than other places. When I see storm clouds my eyes are always looking UP! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Gerry ~ Fabulous shots. Absolute stunning.