JUNE  2019  (1)    

DOUBLE RAINBOW

My perception of the skies here is very different from when we lived in Melbourne. That is really quite strange, because – living in the foothills of the Dandenongs, as we did – we had quite a vista, especially to the west. Here, somehow, there just seems to be more sky around. Totally illogical, I know.

Already we have noticed an array of spectacular sunsets. Don’t know about sunrises as I am never abroad to see same.

Recently, I noticed a rainbow to our west. As I admired same, it morphed gradually into a double rainbow – and I raced for the camera.

Double rainbow just starting to form

Some later research revealed that double rainbows are not particularly uncommon. I surely must have seen one or more, before, but couldn’t remember doing so.

A couple of facts I found interesting: the colours are always reversed in order, like a mirror image. The space between the two rainbows always seems darker than on the outsides.

Who knew?

Double rainbow showing inverted colours and darker space between