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12-Jun-2012 Gordon L Wolford

Sunset Rainbow 01037-9

Along the Rideau Canal Waterway

One of the biggest and brightest rainbows I've ever seen.

Rainbows caused by sunlight only occur early or late in the day and directly opposite
the sun when it is shining brightly on one side of the sky and rain is falling on the
opposite side. The higher the sun is in the sky, the more shallow the arc of the rainbow.
If the sun is too high, the arc will be too shallow to be seen. Since this photo was taken
very near sunset, this is about as tall a rainbow arc as can be seen from ground level.

Photographed near Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Canon PowerShot S100
1/250s f/2.0 at 5.2mm iso80
(Three shots stitched together in order to cover most of both arcs) full exif


other sizes: small medium original auto