RAINBOW PATH TO THE HORIZON

 RAINBOW PATH TO THE HORIZON

The tide pulls back… and color stays behind like a trail of light.

This happened on a quiet U.S. coastline at sunset .. low Sun, heavy clouds, and a bright arc in the sky while the wet sand and a thin stream of water catch the same colors and reflect them back toward the shore. When sunlight meets tiny droplets or mist in the air, it can separate into a spectrum, and the wet ground can mirror that spectrum if the surface is smooth enough.

That “giant ring” look in the sky is the kind of effect people associate with halo/arc lighting .. usually when light passes through very small particles or high thin clouds, while the rainbow colors closer to the beach come from water + sunlight at the right angle.