Recent Rainbow - three supernumerary bows

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Sunday afternoon storms yielded a rainbow:

Faint rainbow arc across a deep blue sky, framed by green tree canopies on the left and right.


Visible are three supernumerary bows inside the main one; this interference pattern is the result of unusually uniform raindrop sizes.
 
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