Rare phenomenon: Upside down rainbow
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February 28, 2007, 4:22 pm
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Here’s a picture of what looks like an upside down rainbow. The phenomenon is called a circumzenithal arc. Click on the link to read about how one is formed.
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if it is possible to see an upside down rainbow because of ice crystals and a normal one because of rain, in a cold, light rain with the presence of ice crystals would you see a line?
Comment by Johnus December 5, 2007 @ 5:15 pminteresting, so basically an upside down rainbow is caused from a hail storm.
shouldn’t it be called like a hailbow or something due to the whole rainbow caused from a rain storm
http://www.jimloy.com/physics/rainbow0.htm
no, instead they have to go with circumzenithal arc lol
Comment by j24650756 December 21, 2007 @ 6:35 ama better link that describes the reasoning behind rainbows and how they mathematically are calculated/correct
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=44
Comment by j24650756 December 21, 2007 @ 6:46 am