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Last Rainbow of the Summer

Last Rainbow of the Summer
Last Rainbow of the Summer

Last Rainbow of the Summer

A smokey rain bow for sure but I have more captures from this timeline of interest to be posted shortly.

I start this narrative by saying this is a VERY WIDE image. It exceeds 90 degrees wide or 1/4 of the sky. The Sun is EXACTLY behind me along with a whole forest worth of smoke from the west coast. The sunlight at this late daylight hour traveling through hundreds of miles of haze with particulates. From September of 2020, many local’s took photos of this rainbow. I was on an ATV at the time. “Clever Girl” was tied up to a trailer. I had just returned home from town on a trip to get poultry feed for my small paddling of domestic ducks and clutch of chickens. IT was raining, I was on an ATV (with a roof but no doors/windows). A box -o-cameras on the seat. Just a cotton jacket.

Having just come home from town, I had taken a shower. Upon a quick dress in fresh ranch clothes, I looked out the window, grabbed my gear and the first vehicle available to me. Fortunately I didn’t take much more of a shower nor did my gear. The storm had just passed so as to leave me mostly high and dry.

This double rainbow is likely the last I will see this year. Images of bright doubles are usually colorcast. Only the latest day rainbows are this wide as you are seeing almost 1/2 of the entire rainbow. Remember that from the viewpoint of an airplane a few thousand feet up.. a rainbow is a complete circle. Earlier in the day, you only get a small section of the whole circle. As the sun sets, the circle is HUGE. This was HUGE. Positioned here across the Montana / Wyoming border with the left leg being in Montana, the right in Wyoming.

Location: Bliss Dinosaur Ranch, Wyoming / Montana borderlands (Wyotana)

Title: Last Rainbow of the Summer

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Backcountry Rainbow Spanning the Wyoming/Montana Border

Backcountry Rainbow Spanning the Wyoming/Montana Border
Backcountry Rainbow Spanning the Wyoming/Montana Border

Spanning the Montana/Wyoming border with Montana on the left, this backcountry rainbow was fun the other day.. This little storm got me quite wet. The cameras where a challenge to keep dry for this one. Had to wipe a lot of lenses lol.

Location: Backcountry ridge 2, Bliss DInosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands.