Ein ganz besonderer Regenbogen... a very special rainbow - and a photo contest!

Noch habe ich dieses Jahr keinen Regenbogen gesehen, aber hier habe ich einen gefunden, den es sich lohnt anzusehen, er wurde in Australien aufgenommen.Es ist ein gespaltener bzw. reflektierter Regenbogen, der mich an Januar vor 2 Jahren erinnerte, als ich gleich 2 davon gesehen habe, sie aber nicht fotografieren konnte.-

Due to the very dry and sunny weather, I haven't seen a rainbow recently, but have found an extraordinarily beautiful and special one here taken in Australia. It is a reflection rainbow which reminded on one I had seen two years ago in Rodrigues.

Source

Photographer: Phil Thomson; Phil's Web site

"How many of you have ever seen a rainbow like the one above? The presence of water nearby is the key to having a chance to observe such a bow. This picture was snapped in Swan Bay, just off theBellarine Peninsula of Victoria, Australia. It's not a double rainbow, which consists of primary and secondary rainbows, but rather a reflection rainbow that magically appeared preceding a rain shower (...) Reflection bows occur when sunlight reflects off a smooth body of water, into the sky, at a higher angle than the light responsible for causing the primary bow (approximately 42 degrees). In essence, the reflection of sunlight from the bay waters interacted with the raindrops to form another rainbow -- the one to the left.

It's usually possible to tell if a bow is reflected or not since the color sequence is the same as that of the primary bow. The sequence is reversed with a secondary bow (upper left). Because the Sun was so low when this photo was captured, the red colours dominate ; nonetheless, a lighter blue band can be seen on the inside of both the primary and reflection rainbows. A low Sun is almost essential for viewing a reflection bow since high-in-the-sky Suns don't reflect sunlight as strongly. Photo taken on June 13, 2011.

Übrigens, es gibt auf der Seite noch eine ganze Menge mehr beeindruckender Fotos zu entdecken, die noch bis zum 11. Januar gewählt werden können im Rahmen des Besten Bildes 2011 von Earth Science Picture.Ein Foto eines zauberhaften Nebelbogens von Luc Perrot steht ebenfalls zur Wahl, ihn kennen wir ja schon von seinen Bildern des Kometen Lovejoy, die er in Reunion aufgenommen hatte.


By the way, you can still vote for this or many other impressive photos here until January 11, a competition run by Earth Science Picture.You will also find a beautiful fog bow taken by Luc Perrot from Reunion who we know already from his shots of Lovejoy....

Source:

- Earth Science Picture of the Day - Best of 2011 , votes accepted until 11.01.2012

Related:

- Nicht der erste in diesem Jahr....A rainbow at the jetty../12.01.2010

- Luc Perrot photography from Reunion