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Photographic observation of a natural fourth-order rainbow |
Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 28, pp. F129-F133 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.00F129
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Abstract
We report what is believed to be the first photographic recording of a quaternary rainbow in nature. It appears on the Sun side of the sky with its red arc at a radius of about
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OCIS Codes
(010.1290) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric optics
(010.1310) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric scattering
(010.3920) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Meteorology
(290.4020) Scattering : Mie theory
(010.7295) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Visibility and imaging
History
Original Manuscript: August 10, 2011
Revised Manuscript: August 29, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: August 29, 2011
Published: September 30, 2011
Citation
Michael Theusner, "Photographic observation of a natural fourth-order rainbow," Appl. Opt. 50, F129-F133 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-50-28-F129
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