Rare Double Rainbows seen from my Window

The double rainbows I captured was from my window. I never saw double rainbows though I knew they exist.

For those who are more interested to know the physics behind the double rainbows, keep reading :)

What makes a double rainbow?

The path of a ray of sunlight as it enters a water droplet reflects inside the raindrop. But not all of the energy of the ray escapes the raindrop after it is reflected once. A part of the ray is reflected again and travels along inside the drop to emerge from the drop. The rainbow we normally see is called the primary rainbow and is produced by one internal reflection; the secondary rainbow arises from two internal reflections and the rays exit the drop at an angle of 50 degrees° rather than the 42°degrees for the red primary bow. Blue light emerges at an even larger angle of 53 degrees°. This effect produces a secondary rainbow that has its colors reversed compared to the primary.

It is possible for light to be reflected more than twice within a raindrop, and one can calculate where the higher order rainbows might be seen; but these are never seen in normal circumstances.

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[suma060791]

its beautiful

[digitalgamsawala]

you must be more beautiful..

[HaloKiller17]

i had a double rainbow on my street

[AreaQNH870]

Almost looks like a triple rainbow

[koitajja]

I saw a triple rainbow outside my house.

[FredDeadz]

i saw a double rainbow at our hotel, Pop Centery in the Disney part of Florida, right before we checked in.

[kirbymage]

Wow, that's awesome!!!

[matysek123456]

Those double rainbows aren't rare, but of course don't appear twice for a week.

[SpyroGirl164]

wow...beautiful. =]

[megashorts]

Those aren't rare at all.

[suma060791]

me??? i don't think so :D