Rainbow Ridge

As a desert storm clears, a rainbow appears over the Castle Dome Mountains. The faint arc just inside the primary rainbow is a rarely-seen supernumary bow.

Date: December 29, 2004
Time: 4:33 p.m. MST
Location: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona
Camera: Olympus OM-1 35mm SLR
Film: Fuji Provia 100 slide
Focal length: 50 mm with polarizing filter
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure time: 1/125 second
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan LS-2000