rainbow panorama<\/a> presented a rather satisfactory view of a rainbow reflected in the Lake. This observation shows many nice features of the rainbow, but the Lake was too ruffled to show a good reflection.<\/p>\nThe rainbow on June 2nd<\/sup> shows many of the features of a well developed rainbow that forms in a summer shower.
\n1) The first feature to notice is that rainbow is a circle whose centre is the head of one’s own shadow. This means that the rainbow is a remarkably personal thing: each person sees his own rainbow—what you see is YOUR rainbow, not someone else’s.
\n2) The second thing to notice is that there are two rainbows: the primary (inner) bow, and the secondary (outer bow). The primary bow is explained by a single reflection of sunlight within a raindrop and has red on the outside; the secondary bow is explained by two reflections within the raindrop and has red on the inside.
\n3) The darkest region of the sky lies between the bows. This region is known as Alexander’s Dark Band.
\n4) Then there are the supernumerary bows, but more of that below with the next picture.
\n5) Well…, a rainbow\u00a0aficionado will spot other nice features in this picture, but this will do for now.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rainbow120502as.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/p>\nI enhanced a small portion of the above scene to show the supernumerary bows. These are the bands that appear inside the primary (inner) rainbow. As I watched the bow, I could see three supernumerary bows. Certainly there is one (and maybe two) apparent in this photograph.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rainbow120502bs.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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