The rainbow's apparent simplicity of form and purity of colour belie many subtleties of appearance and formation. There are multiple bows, coloured fringes, dark bands, radial spokes, red bows and more. Find out about them here.
| Early evening rainbows Cumbria, England by Anita Evans 24th May '03. The bright inner bow is the primary. The outer secondary bow has its colour order reversed. The low sun has reddened the bows and cast them high into the sky. ©2003 Anita Evans, reproduced with permission. |
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