Spring Rainbow
Happy first day of spring, well this picture was not taken this spring but still a good reminder of days to come.
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A double rainbow! maybe you’ll find a pot of gold somewhere in your garden, just keep digging!
I was hoping that might mean there are two pots of gold at the end. But the science part of my brains keeps saying “That is caused due to the light refracting on the droplets of water vapor in the air”
That is a cool rainbow! And we get enough rain to see a lot of them! Thanks for the fave on blotanist!