Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Aug 18, 2009 3:13:48 GMT -6
A Nice 180° Chicago Rainbow
Monday, the 17th of August was a cloudy - on and off rainy day.
I live in the Heart of Chicago, not too far from downtown Chicago. About 7:00 pm we had a nice passing shower as I prepared to head on out to celebrate a birthday of a former student of mine and play some guitar together.
As I took the car out of my garage...I noticed to the east was this near perfect 180° rainbow...!
I had my camera in the car and took a few shots as I closed the garage door.
With slight post-processing, the rainbow came out nicely. I took two wide angled shots and merged them together.
Due west was a great lookin' sunset against clouds and due east was the rainbow. I took a close up of the brighter section of the prism, but being ghostly, was the best I could get of the water droplets.
Refraction rules!
I always stop for a rainbow...
