RAINBOW HALO OVER THE SEA


 RAINBOW HALO OVER THE SEA

A low sun behind broken clouds… and a perfect rainbow band stretches across the sky, with light rays pouring down onto the water.

This isn’t the usual “rain after a storm” rainbow. It’s closer to a halo/iridescence-style optical effect: sunlight interacts with tiny cloud droplets (and sometimes ice crystals in thin high cloud), splitting the light into color by diffraction/refraction. The bright beams are crepuscular rays—sunlight streaming through gaps in the clouds and made visible by moisture and haze.

📍 Offshore near a low-lying coastline (seen from a boat

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