Does the inverted rainbow exist?

Inverted rainbow

Inverted rainbow photographed in Cambridge, England

A upside down rainbow? Is that possible? Well, although until now it never crossed my mind that this rare meteorological phenomenon could exist, the one also known as the Circumzenithal arch is not the work of some joker's photoshop, but it is something very real.

The photo above was taken in England, near Cambridge. However, it is unusual for this phenomenon to take place beyond the North Pole. The appearance of this type of arco iris -One of the many optical illusions which take place because of the sun's rays - in Europe it is attributed by experts to the worrying climate change in which the Earth is immersed ... so it is not as pleasant as it seemed at first.

Inverted rainbow 2

El inverted rainbow, the only phenomenon capable of drawing a colorful smile in the sky, requires different circumstances to the normal rainbow to form. Sunlight must bounce off ice crystals in the upper atmosphere, which send the sun's rays upward.

More information - Fire rainbow photos

Source - ZME Science


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  1.   Flavia said

    I was able to obtain a photo in 2012, in Resistencia, Chaco. Argentina

  2.   White said

    I have photographs of an inverted rainbow from December 19, 2015 in La Vela de Coro, Falcón state, Venezuela. It is a small port located in the western central region of Venezuela, in front of the former Netherlands Antilles.

  3.   Fernanda said

    I have photos of yesterday in concordia entre Ríos… of two inverted rainbows together….