Lunar rainbow on a background of the polar lights

Everyone has seen the rainbow on a summer day after rain. But have you ever seen a rainbow at night, and even with the Aurora?

"I saw," says Chad Blakely from Lights Over Lapland.

Within 10 years, Blakely guided tours in the Swedish National Park Abisko and in that time have seen almost everything that can offer the Arctic sky.

"But last night was really amazing, — he said. — In the early evening, everything was as usual — the sun dipped below the horizon, and the polar lights began to dance across the sky in response to the solar wind flow. We all enjoyed the scene as suddenly went light rain. We are already upset that it will prevent us, but we were in for a surprise. Moisture in the air combined with the bright moonlight formed a lunar rainbow which stretches in the sky on the background of the shining".

Lunar rainbows are formed in the same way as usual. The rays of light passing through the falling drops, are divided into the main color. The only difference is that instead of a Sun night, light comes from the moon.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»