Departing and weakening clusters of previously severe storms decorated the sky over central Kansas with a glorious double rainbow, in the waning minutes of daylight. This is the time of afternoon when sky and land colors get warmer, and rainbows’ angles are steepest off the ground, thanks to the proximity of sun to horizon. Contrast this with an early/mid-afternoon rainbow, barely after the sun had lowered enough from zenith to make a rainbow possible. Here, the freshly moistened wheat and corn fields, seen here in the foreground and background respectively, similarly decorated the aromatic senses, as did the cheerful calls of newly quenched eastern meadowlarks for our auditory pleasure.
2 S Sterling KS (15 Jun 9) Looking ENE
38.1799, -98.2068Sterling Double Rainbow
Departing and weakening clusters of previously severe storms decorated the sky over central Kansas with a glorious double rainbow, in the waning minutes of daylight. This is the time of afternoon when sky and land colors get warmer, and rainbows’ angles are steepest off the ground, thanks to the proximity of sun to horizon. Contrast this with an early/mid-afternoon rainbow, barely after the sun had lowered enough from zenith to make a rainbow possible. Here, the freshly moistened wheat and corn fields, seen here in the foreground and background respectively, similarly decorated the aromatic senses, as did the cheerful calls of newly quenched eastern meadowlarks for our auditory pleasure.
2 S Sterling KS (15 Jun 9) Looking ENE
38.1799, -98.2068