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Rare U-Shaped Rainbow Seen


A British astronomer, Dr. Jaqueline Mitton, snapped a photograph of an upside-down rainbow this week in Cambridge. The scientist says she has never seen anything like it.

Upside-down rainbows can occur when skies are blue and ice crystals are present. They do not need rain or clouds. These strange rainbows are most common in extremely cold climates. They can also be seen from airplanes.

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Comments about “Rare U-Shaped Rainbow Seen”

  1. TAZ says:
    October 2, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    See October 14th 2008

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  2. power to the 2nd amendment says:
    September 21, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    looks sorta like the way i sleep sometimes

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  3. Cool-Kid-Jared says:
    September 20, 2008 at 8:06 pm

    I heard somewhere (I can’t remeber where) that all rainbows are a full circle,but most can only be seen as an arc unless are viewed from above. Pretty cool though

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  4. BlueLighteningDude says:
    September 18, 2008 at 7:24 am

    AWESOME!!!!! THAT IS SO COOL!!!

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  5. Me says:
    September 17, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    Wierd. Am I first?

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