Friday, October 7, 2011

[Image] QUADRUPLE RAINBOW! OMG: first picture ever of a quaternary rainbow in nature

QUADRUPLE RAINBOW! OMG: The third-order (tertiary) rainbow (left), accompanied by the fourth-order (quaternary) rainbow (right). They appear on the sunward side of the sky, at approximately 40° and 45°, respectively, from the Sun. This is the first picture ever of a quaternary rainbow in nature and the second picture ever of a tertiary rainbow. [CREDIT: Michael Theusner/Applied Optics.]

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