{"id":2782,"date":"2015-04-21T21:57:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T01:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2015-04-21T22:05:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T02:05:43","slug":"2782","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/04\/2782\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare rainbow photo taken in Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All my meteorologist friends were talking about the picture of four rainbows captured by Amanda Curtis while she was waiting for a train on Long Island earlier. \u00a0Some media outlets called it a quadruple rainbow, but after looking at the optics, it was determine instead to the a double rainbow accompanied by a double reflected rainbow. \u00a0You can read the description, including a comment by UGA Physics professor Craig Wiegert, at\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Four rainbow photo explanation\" href=\"https:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/1f2c34da5c7b454fba4416a70f7c4968\/weird-4-rainbows-photographed-not-quadruple-rainbow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/1f2c34da5c7b454fba4416a70f7c4968\/weird-4-rainbows-photographed-not-quadruple-rainbow<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>WeatherUnderground<\/em> has a similar story on the science behind the photo at\u00a0<a title=\"WxUnderground on four rainbows\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/blog\/JeffMasters\/comment.html?entrynum=2963&amp;cm_ven=FB_BLOG_LB_042115_5\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/blog\/JeffMasters\/comment.html?entrynum=2963&amp;cm_ven=FB_BLOG_LB_042115_5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One clue is that the two sets of arcs appear to have different centers. \u00a0Because of the way the optical effects work, only one set of two\u00a0rainbows could have come directly from the sun, and thus the other two came from a reflection of the sun on a puddle or other body of water or shiny surface. \u00a0A fantastic and serendipitous shot!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2783\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/double-double-rainbow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2783\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/double-double-rainbow-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Amanda Curtis\/Twitter\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/double-double-rainbow-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/double-double-rainbow-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/double-double-rainbow-138x138.jpg 138w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/double-double-rainbow.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Amanda Curtis\/Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All my meteorologist friends were talking about the picture of four rainbows captured by Amanda Curtis while she was waiting for a train on Long Island earlier. \u00a0Some media outlets called it a quadruple rainbow, but after looking at the optics, it was determine instead to the a double rainbow accompanied by a double reflected 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