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A fogbow is like a white rainbow. It's made by much the same process as rainbows but with a fog's smaller water droplets instead of larger raindrops.
Two beautiful fogbow photos taken in September
An early morning fogbow over the desert in northern New Mexico.
Fogbows – sometimes called white rainbows, cloudbows or ghost rainbows – are made much in the way as rainbows.
Because of the small size of water droplets in fog, a fogbow might have only very weak colors, or no color at all. Colorless fogbows are sometimes called white rainbows.
This luminous fogbow was captured this weekend by EarthSky Facebook friend Thomas Kast.
Learn what virga is and how it forms, and see great photos to help you learn how to identify it yourself! Plus, learn if radar can pick up virga.
Enjoy this collection of some of our best images of Earth. Thanks to all who contributed their amazing photos, and have a Happy Earth Day!
Do your skies look hazy? Are your sunsets very orange, or layered-looking, or does the sun or moon look orange while high in the sky? If you're in the northern U.S. or Canada, the reason is still wildfire smoke.
The height of a rainbow depends on the height of the sun. The higher the sun, the lower the rainbow.
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