
View larger. | Double red rainbow on July 21, 2015 by Steve Lacy, near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Steve Lacy captured a red rainbow this week, just at sunset. He wrote:
After a desert thundershower, a real treat lasting only a few moments …
Canon 5DmkIII 15 mm lens
Thank you, Steve!
Red rainbows happen when the sun is on the horizon. They’re created in much the same process that causes a sunset or sunrise to look red.
Read more about what makes a red rainbow
Read more about what makes a double rainbow
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