Christmas day rainbow

[ChrisM]

Late this afternoon, in between rolling thunderstorms, there was a gap in the clouds which let the warm afternoon glow of the sun shine through.

As luck would have it, I could stand in the shelter of our verandah and centre the observatory.

Nikon D80 f=10.5 mm 1/160 sec at f/6.3

No comet sightings in this weather!

Chris

[renormalised]

Pretty spectacular there!!!!. Double rainbow to boot :)

[jjjnettie]

:D Spectacular!!

[Forgey]

stunning !

[Inmykombi]

Wow, it almost looks like your observatory organises its own Rainbows.
A very nice shot indeed.

No comet sightings here either due to bad weather .

[Liz]

Wow, thats excellent Chris!!

It looks like you are on another planet and its a big Moon!! :D

[leon]

Nice one Chris, seen plenty of R/Bows, but not like that, well centered Foreground as well, top shot.

Leon

[ChrisM]

Thanks Liz. Now that you mention it - it sure does! Now wouldn't that mess up our dark skies!

[ChrisM]

Thanks Leon. The rainbow was perfectly normal; the ultra-wide angle lens makes it seem more compact, and because the rainbow is already curved, any lens distortion is disguised somewhat.

Chris

[brian nordstrom]

:thanx: Defiantly ,seen one ar two of these but they are hard to capture . Cool photo.
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Brian.