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**hotsaucemidl** · 08-17-2012, 04:44 PM

"22 rainbows" sounds not like rainbows, but like a complex halo display. As was observed in the other place the tertiary and quaternary rainbows (which are towards the Sun, not towards the anti-solar point) have only just been photographed for the first time. The fifth rainbow (back towards the primary and secondary) is thought to be too weak to ever observe at least unaided.

You can get a reflection rainbow, but even if you get a reflection from both primary and secondary that leaves only four that you could ever expect to see at once.

08-17-2012, 04:44 PM	#9
hotsaucemidl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 508 Senior Member	"22 rainbows" sounds not like rainbows, but like a complex halo display. As was observed in the other place the tertiary and quaternary rainbows (which are towards the Sun, not towards the anti-solar point) have only just been photographed for the first time. The fifth rainbow (back towards the primary and secondary) is thought to be too weak to ever observe at least unaided. You can get a reflection rainbow, but even if you get a reflection from both primary and secondary that leaves only four that you could ever expect to see at once.
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