Twinned
bows, not to be confused with supernumeraries,
do not have an agreed explanation
but they could be produced by non-spherical raindrops
or ice spheres. |
(1) |
Imaged by Vincent
Jacques (site)
at Breil in the French Alpes-Maritimes, 5th May 2004. |
(2) |
Serge Vasseur (site)
saw these bows on July 17, 2004 (sun 15.5° high) at Presles, France.
The bows occurred after a thunderstorm ending with heavy rain, small
transparent hailstones and some scattered snowflakes. |
(3) |
Imaged by Eva Seidenfaden
(site)
at Trier, Germany on Sept 11, 2005. The secondary bow is not
split - in agreement with simulations from non-spherical
water drops. |
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