secondary bow

secondary bow

[′sek·ən‚der·ē ′bō]
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The Met Office says: "This means the sequence of colours is inverted compared to the primary rainbow, with the secondary bow appearing about 10 degrees above the primary bow."
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Even the secondary bow is at times distinctly visible.
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This is not the common double rainbow, in which the primary bow is accompanied by a higher, wider, paler secondary bow caused by light reflected twice within each raindrop.
Twinned rainbows
This particular fogbow had supernumerary bows close by and a rare secondary bow farther out.
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But the order of colors in the secondary bow is reversed: red is lowest and violet is on top.
The sky at the Spica Hour

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