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Yes, the quadruple rainbow photo is real
EarthSky
by Deborah Byrd in » Today's Image
Amanda Curtis’ rare sighting of a quadruple rainbow over Long Island on April 21, 2015 is the real thing. It’s what’s called a reflection rainbow …
Amanda Curtis, CEO of 19th Amendment, is having a very lucky day. While waiting for a train in Long Island this morning she caught this heavenly vision, a rare quadruple rainbow.
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Amanda’s photo, which quickly went viral turns out to be what Les Cowley of the great website Atmospheric Optics calls a reflection rainbow. A reflected double rainbow! Bad Astronomer Phil Plait at Slate agrees. ...
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