Rare Circular Rainbow

Photo of Circular Rainbow taken from plane window on November 10, 2008 above Detroit around 3:45pm. Background music, excerpt of "Edge of the World", original song by Sam Slottow

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[ninetailedkid9]

circle rainbows are not rare. all rainbows are circles.

[TeamSilentEcho]

what dose this mean?

[vanhouten64]

This is actually not a rainbow but another phenomena called a "glory", and the shadow of the airplane is an example of a "brocken spectre" (pretty good explanation at wikipedia). Also called "glockenspectre" or "spectre of brocken".

[sparkleineyes]

how the heck did you take this photo out of your air plane window if the air plane was infront of the picture plus it cant be a different air plane flying there or it would be an air hazard i grew up with a family of pilots

[pawssavesanimals]

BAD ASS

[FeyPax]

its a doubble rainbow its so intense!!!

[paralies]

Very pretty! thanks for sharing. How can people NOT like this? What is wrong with people anymore?!

[wiiagab]

thats a sundog i think, is it not?

[MeoMiles]

Thats the sun dumcrap.

[KillerDragon987]

@ninetailedkid9 actually they are half- rainbows...

[MartinIrma]

Ninetailedkid9 is right. All rainbows are circles because the light is broken by round raindrops. You only can see the full rainbow when you are at the right altitude.