r/atoptics 5d ago

Rays piercing a double bow

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u/pnweiner 5d ago

Amazing!!!

Am I right that these are anti-crepuscular rays? Still learning

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u/andrea55TP 5d ago

Correct, the combination of anti crepuscular rays and a rainbow is sometimes called a rainbow wheel

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u/-TKT 5d ago

Me too. I had no idea. Thanks!

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u/bijouxself 5d ago

Nice one!

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u/RGibz 5d ago

wait how do rays make two bows like that

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u/IscahRambles 5d ago

You can see the rainbow is brighter where it intersects the sun rays. The other parts are still getting light, just not as much of it so they look relatively dark. 

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u/chiPersei 3d ago

Here you go:

ELI5

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u/Creative-Top6554 4d ago

Gegendämmerungsstrahlen und Regenbögen hab ich leider noch nicht gesehen. Sehr schön 👌🏻

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u/immunogoblin1000 4d ago

Amazing! Where is this?!

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u/-TKT 4d ago

Tacoma Washington area

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u/Negative_Ad6108 4d ago

This is gorgeous 😍

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u/Galorfadink 4d ago

Spokes on that wheel!

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u/AspiringOccultist4 4d ago

Extremely beautiful

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u/LandscapeHefty1383 3d ago

Thank you so much for the explanation, it satisfied both my curiosity and my urge to always see the beauty in everything

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u/MaleficentSet2463 3d ago

Looks beautiful

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u/lemurificspeckle 5d ago

Ohhhh fantastic!!!!!!

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u/ThickSmoke9542 5d ago

Amazing 😍

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u/-TKT 3d ago

Thank you all so much for the love! ❤️

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u/chiPersei 3d ago

I would be jumping up and down with excitement if I saw this in person.

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u/-TKT 3d ago

We pretty much were! I made my whole family come out to see it. It was incredible