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Yosemite Falls Double Rainbow

About Double Rainbows:
What's happening here is that the ray of sunlight bounces twice off the back interior surface of the raindrop before re-emerging into the air.
The second reflection inverts the order of the colors – the secondary violet band forms at 54 degrees, the red band at 50.5 degrees – so the secondary rainbow appears above the primary one, with red on the inner edge and violet on the outer.
Because the twice-reflected light has had two chances to be transmitted out the back of the raindrop rather than reflected back toward the observer, the secondary bow is much fainter than the primary and frequently cannot be seen at all; it's typical for a secondary rainbow to be visible only at certain points along the arc.

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Griswold Marisnokov 20-Feb-2015 00:05
I see 2 in this one image. How did you catch this? Beautiful color too!
Guest 19-Feb-2015 19:50
Wow! Just gorgeous! Love it! (P.Parton)
Anitta17-Feb-2015 21:20
You are amazing. I've spent a long time staring this gorgeous image - and treasured every single moment, thinking how excited you must have been when pressing the shutter and having the feeling: This will be something different, unique... The quest fulfilled! Congrats, William! xx *V*
Sandy Rich14-Feb-2015 15:08
Fantastic image.
anne14-Feb-2015 12:55
wow !!!….V
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