The Super Duper Beautiful or Trippy Photo Thread!

Mitsuharu · Aug 19, 2024

Loriented · Aug 20, 2024

growsjoe1 said:
I had to look it up. I've never heard of such a thing...too cool
Fogbows
form when sunlight interacts with much smaller water droplets contained in fog or mist, rather than rain.

So I sent those pics to the NWS and PSU today.
I asked of it was a fogbow.
They both say it is a low angle rainbow.
Fogbows are White. This just proves to me that the mountain makes it's own weather. There had to be raindrops in that fog, which is cool, but the storm was long gone.

PSU Thanks for sending in this photo! This was a good point of conversation amongst the Weather & Climate Communications Group today as a fogbow would be more white. You typically need bigger drops for color, so a rather high sun angle and some residual light rain falling between the mountain means this was probably a low-hanging rainbow. A unique snapshot, no less, with you at the right vantage point at just the right time. Thanks again for sharing! We may feature this as a Photo of Week in future weeks!

NWS
Incredible shots, We snapped a similar photo out our window in State College at the same time yesterday. Thinking it's a rainbow technically, low to the horizon because of the sun angle still being around 31 degrees, and how far away the storm is. The ridgeline right behind the rainbow in your shots looks awesome. Would it be OK if we save off your photos and potentially use them in future NWS media?
Thanks again!
NWS Shot

growsjoe1 · Aug 20, 2024

Loriented said:
So I sent those pics to the NWS and PSU today.
I asked of it was a fogbow.
They both say it is a low angle rainbow.
Fogbows are White. This just proves to me that the mountain makes it's own weather. There had to be raindrops in that fog, which is cool, but the storm was long gone.

PSU Thanks for sending in this photo! This was a good point of conversation amongst the Weather & Climate Communications Group today as a fogbow would be more white. You typically need bigger drops for color, so a rather high sun angle and some residual light rain falling between the mountain means this was probably a low-hanging rainbow. A unique snapshot, no less, with you at the right vantage point at just the right time. Thanks again for sharing! We may feature this as a Photo of Week in future weeks!

NWS
Incredible shots, We snapped a similar photo out our window in State College at the same time yesterday. Thinking it's a rainbow technically, low to the horizon because of the sun angle still being around 31 degrees, and how far away the storm is. The ridgeline right behind the rainbow in your shots looks awesome. Would it be OK if we save off your photos and potentially use them in future NWS media?
Thanks again!
NWS Shot
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