We have threads for sunsets, sunrises, pets, clouds, and so on. Let’s add rainbows. 

 

Not that beautiful background but a double rainbow. Brantley Lake September 2019

Had a few good ones, among plenty of misses/ missed opportunities to be in an ideal location, at the right time of year here..

One of the best:

I took this one about 2 years ago.

Good idea Kim, I could certainly flood this thread, my phone is packed with too many rainbow photos.  Yesterday afternoon.  

Tuscany, Italy. Taken November 2019.

 

Have a nice day!

A faint double rainbow. I took the photos in august while praying for rain. I watched the storm form and change direction, missing me completely.

Near the south end of the Big Island, Hawaii. 

Amazing double on Easter morning.  Camera doesn’t do it justice...

At least once a week around here...  never forgotten 

Norman Island, BVI

As the world was shutting down last March from COVID.

Darwin LNG Project

 

 

Soft effect doe to mist on the lens. 

Making progress on the raised bed garden finally...  Pretty double this morning. 

 

..After downpour round #2. Same storm that aided today's 'Bow barely missed being downpour round #3 for the day..

Not perfect, but might be the best, near complete rainbow i have seen here in quite sometime..  Only one to stand out this summer, even w/ all the rain we'd had.  Left, northeast side of it lingered for quite awhile as this particular storm rolled off toward the N.E.








Best view of the N.E side of today's 'Bow. Might not be obvious, but big " slash " in the Palo Verde ( about center in Pic. #1, a little right of center in Pic. #2 ) is from the bigger storm that roared through earlier. Pretty big chunk of the canopy in that spot is now on the ground.




...Again, Well Played Monsoon 2021..

Right place right time 

Great day for those rare desert rainbows...












Hangin' tough just after sunset too..

Gifts from God…

Namaqueland South Africa 

Pretty good display yesterday..

Heres one I thought was particularly nice from a few weeks ago. 

We’ve had a lot of rain in California, but this is the first rainbow I’ve seen in the course of the storms. And it’s a double. 😊

MAY-Soon Rainbow show..

Very little / ill-timed rain ( what little we've had this summer ) = no good rainbows this summer, from my vantage point at least.. In this case however,  the " pot of gold " on this " Low Bow " was somewhere near my sidewalk..  You'll see what i mean..


Marginal- strength, hybrid low precip supercell X terrain induced pulse storm, at at an unusual time of day / sun angle = ..a Low Bow.. AKA: a Rainbow that is barely above the buildings across the street.

In this case, sun angle provided a rare opportunity to observe a rainbow " touching down " in the street.. Look closely at the *** shot(s)

Overall rainbow, with a faint secondary above the already quite low primary.









Yes, it is in front of the large Eucalyptus behind the building..



*** It's faint, but,  Looking closely at these shots, no, that isn't a camera trick or too much light on the lens creating lens-related effects /reflection off the window in view across the street ..the colors you see in a few spots ( just above the hood of the passing car / electrical Box in front of the Car,  dark shaded of the window across the street < Between the Palm trunk / Fire Hydrant, and Palo Verde on the Left > ) is part of this rainbow event.  Don't recall ever seeing a naturally-created rainbow ( aka, a storm creating it, rather than it being created by running a hose / sprinklers ) that i could see this low to the ground.

In the shot w/ the car in it,  on my side of the street,  part of the rainbow was visible, albeit extremely faintly, esp. in the shot,  between the back tire of the car, and the yellow flowered Senna on the corner of the driveway on the right..  Was getting heavy mist, Heavy rain, and some hail while this was occurring.









Fading, but still present as this storm faded out.

Winter - Bow on that cold rain / icy stuff  Sunday a couple weeks ago. Kinda' Hawaii like,  just a heck of a lot colder, haha.

" Winter Bows " Pt #2  ..One of the most vivid Rainbow events i've seen here too..

# 1: Low Bow.. Can see the " drizzly " rain drops still falling in the first 2 shots..














# 2 : Partial Bow w/ both Supernumeries ( " Upside down color arrangement below the Primary ) and a muted, Secondary Rainbow above.. 











" Hello, 911?.. I'd like to report a Rainbow in my driveway. ..Can you send someone out ASAP to arrest it. Is frightening Grandpa "

A March Monsoon Tease between historical heat gets you ..A few bows..

Have to have sharp eyes to see the faint, secondary atop the primary in clear skies.. 




















Partial " Sunset Bow "





Full Sunset Bow..






...And the rarest Rainbow of all,  here in the desert esp.  ..A morning bow.






  ..Something much more commonly seen in places that experience morning showers far more frequently than we do, like HI, PR, FL.,  and the Tropics,  ...or more temperate places like Tasmania in the southern hemisphere.

Today: