Double Stacker Rainbow-version1

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Double Stacker Rainbow-version1

Text reads:It was a sunny day, at least it was when I popped into Walmart to buy some jeans for my son. 15 minutes later when I left the store, it was raining and claps of thunder were heard in the background. Didn't see that coming. But I remember thinking, I wonder if there is a rainbow. Then I jumped onto the freeway and lo and behold there was the most magnificent and deeply colored full arc rainbow that I've ever seen, stretched out in front of me. But it wasn't just a brilliant rainbow, it was special, in 2 ways. First there was a double rainbow with the second one above being lighter, and more dispursed but with the colors reversed. I didn't know that happened, but even more intriguing was that the first arc had the traditional arrangement of colors red-orange-yellow-green-blue-indigo-purple but then it continued with another layer of yellow and green. I looked it up and this is called a supernumerary or stacker rainbow. In a “primary rainbow”, the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side In a double rainbow, a second arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed, red facing toward the other one, in both rainbows A supernumerary rainbow is an infrequent phenomenon, consisting of several faint rainbows on the inner side of the primary rainbow, which are slightly detached and have pastel colour bands that do not fit the usual pattern.I've never seen this phenomenon before and just witnessing it made me feel happy. If only I had my camera, but instead I had to settle for a photo that is close but not quite as beautiful as what I witnessed that day in March.Design House Digitals_Flowers in Watercolor_5-13 inspiration (flowers)Sara Schmultz_Hello Sunshine (flowers)Edeline Marta Designs_You are my sunshine (chrome heart)Edeline Marta Designs_Rain Drops Falling (clouds & wordart & ppr)wm2_Gr8e Seattle (rain)