First Documented 5th Order Rainbow photo

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First Documented 5th Order Rainbow photo

Post by mjimih » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:33 am

First-ever image of 5th order rainbow
http://earthsky.org/earth/first-ever-im ... er-rainbow
Harald Edens’ discovery image was taken on August 8, 2012 from the Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research near the 10,800-foot summit of South Baldy Peak, New Mexico, USA. This is the first-ever image on which the 5th order rainbow is positively identified. ...
it's visible as a faint green between the 2 main bows;
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pretty cool, I didn't know this was possible even!

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Re: First Documented 5th Order Rainbow photo

Post by Ann » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:53 am

Cool indeed! :D

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Re: First Documented 5th Order Rainbow photo

Post by Beyond » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:49 pm

Yes indeedy!! :yes:
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