Reflection Rainbow NW Russia Imaged by Sergey Lomunov of Nizhny Novgorod (Travel Journal to Barents Sea) at a location near Kem, Republic of Karelia, North-Western Russia. Image ©Sergey Lomunov, shown with permission A thanks to Modest Ossipoff. |
Strange rainbows meeting in a fork at the horizon are reflection bows. Sunlight reflected upwards from water produces them. In effect there are two suns - one in the sky and another an equal distance below the horizon shining upwards. Each sun produces its own rainbows. |
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