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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

It's starting to look like a TRIPLE rainbow!1!!

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Full on! Double rainbow all the way across the sky!

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago

What does it mean?

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 10 points 1 day ago

It's so intense, what does it mean

[–] M137@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's like 1.2 rainbows at best.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It was hard to get a good picture looked better from the backyard, but couldn’t see the other half.

[–] pishadoot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA

Edit: and the original source for those that are scratching their heads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 3 points 1 day ago

A party in main meadow.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ever seen what happens when the space in-between the rainbows and the ground fill up with more rainbows?

[–] joella@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That sounds like a supernumerary rainbow.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That might technically be what I saw once. All the space on the inside of the rainbows was filled with more rainbows. But instead of looking like half of a enormous lollipop it looked like a huge ampitheatre that was painted in rainbow stripes. That is to say instead of looking like a flat disk like rainbows do, it looked three dimensional, like you could walk into it the way you can walk nto the stage of an ampitheatre. That was the illusion anyway.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You got a pretty good view of it! Was this after the hailstorm a few days ago? I wasn't able to get a great picture of the double rainbow I saw after that storm.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

No, I was taking the dogs out this morning and saw it, so I had to run and find a spot where I could get the majority of it. I’ve never seen one so vivid in real life before.

[–] PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Beautiful. Is this one of the Hawaiian islands?

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Absolutely not, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I don’t think you can get much more inland to be honest.

[–] PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Stunning 🌈🌈

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

Wow! It's so awesome that I will picture it and post it, but I won't move 2 meters left for a better view