Click here for a larger view Photo courtesy of Cheria Rouse.
We finally had a beautiful sunny weekend with mild temperatures here in southwestern Virginia, so Cheria took along her trusty Nikon D50 as we traveled around from place to place. Although the weather was absolutely gorgeous, there was little of interest to photograph until late yesterday evening when she happened to look up and see the sun’s rays creating this vertical line of color along the edge of a well-positioned cloud.
It wasn’t a traditional rainbow because it hadn’t been raining, but my guess is the water droplets within the cloud were refracting light in much the same way as happens when a rainbow is formed. This is just a guess of course, since I’m not a meteorologist. Anyway, I like this photo a lot. I hope you do as well.
Here are the camera and settings used to capture this image:
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor 18-55mm “kit” lens
Focal length: 55mm
Shutter speed: 1/500 second
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Very intriguing shot Mrs. Rouse. Well done.
What a beautiful sky!!
Very nice shot. And I believe you’re probably right about the cause of the colors in the clouds.
Beautiful.
I’m glad you happened to look up Mrs. Rouse. This is a geat shot!
This picture was taken as we were walking into our evening church service. I just happened to look up and said “Hey that looks like a rainbow”, and grabbed the camera and this is the result. Like I have said before, this ole country girl is not a photographer, but I have managed to grab opportunities when God presents them and gotten decent photos.
WOW Cheria, great shot!!!!
Some people were standing just outside the door of church last night looking toward the sky. I went over to see what they were looking at. One of our “elderly ladies” told us this was a “waterdog cloud”. I’ve never heard of it but she said old timers used this as a way of telling what the weather would be. She said many years ago she saw two at the same time in the sky and there came the worst snowstorm she ever saw.
Nice capture Cheria. We have always called them “fire rainbows”. What ever they are called they are an anomaly and wonderful when seen. Thank you for sharing, Mrs. Rouse.