This past Thursday, Hubby and I went to get our hair cut. On
the way home, we stopped and ate at a fish place that had rebuilt after a fire
completely destroyed the restaurant. As we come down our street, we looked in
the western sky and saw a rainbow.
This picture resembles the one we saw. Yesterday evening I called a dear friend of mine and told her about it. Her grandson was there at the time and said he saw one yesterday morning.
This phenomenon is called a winter rainbow or a snow
rainbow. It is caused by ice crystals getting before the sun. The sun shines
through the crystals and causes the white sunlight to break into the colors we
see in a rainbow in the spring or summer.
From what we can surmise is that these winter rainbows only happen when the temperature is zero or below.
My Hubby wanted me to post this picture and message here. J
Graphic: spacew.com