We had a lot of unsettled weather for a few days, and it continues today with rain showers now and then. On Sunday morning, I looked out and saw this rainbow.
About fifteen minutes later, I saw this beautiful fogbow.
Amazing, but true!
As I write this post this afternoon, the sun is shining brightly on the wet ground.
Normally we have warm weather in October, but this year is different. A massive fog bank has been evident most recent days, sometimes extending up over the ridge. Phil Lewenthal photographed a rare fogbow, also called a white rainbow or mistbow. Phil took this photo and told me the fogbow then disappeared.
Carolyn Andre photographed the fog covering the Pacific Ocean along Highway One. Doesn't it look like whipped cream?
With the fog comes high humidity...and low fire danger, something for which we are grateful.
Thanks to Phil and Carolyn for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Yep, it's foggy today, temps in the low 60's. I can see that it is sunny this afternoon on the ridge. Micro climates!
Sandy and Allen Vinson have a remote camera at their Sea Ranch home. It got several photos of a beautiful fogbow for us to enjoy. Sandy wrote, “Here are photos I took via our WYZE camera. It shows the date and time."
We don't see these too often, so it's a treat to see! Fogbows are also called white rainbows.
Thanks to Sandy for allowing me to share this photo with you here.
Sunny, mild and breezy today.
Jon Shiu saw this Fogbow and said it only lasted a few minutes. It's a treat to see one, as they don't happen very often.
Here's some information from EarthSky.org regarding this phenomenon:
"Fogbows are sometimes called white rainbows, or cloudbows or ghost rainbows. They’re made much as rainbows are, from the same configuration of sunlight and moisture. Rainbows happen when the air is filled with raindrops. You always see a rainbow in the direction opposite the sun. Fogbows are much the same, always opposite the sun, but fogbows are caused by the small droplets inside a fog or cloud rather than larger raindrops.
Look for fogbows in a thin fog when the sun is bright. You might see one when the sun breaks through a fog. Or watch for fogbows over the ocean.
Because the water droplets in fog are so small, fogbows have only weak colors or are colorless."
Look for a fogbow in the morning! I saw one once when Rick and I were traveling down Highway One. After Rick pulled over, I tried to take a photo but my camera wouldn't focus on it! Rick, being more experienced, took over and manually focused to get the photograph. And in a minute or two, the fogbow was a memory.
Thanks to Jon for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
Rain and more rain today! I'll report on the totals tomorrow. But we are fast approaching the total of all last season, which is great news.
Grace O'Malley was at the right place at the right time. A beautiful fogbow appeared just off Stillwater Cove.
Just lovely! Fogbows are also called white rainbows. Here's what earthsky.org says about them: "Fogbows – sometimes called white rainbows, cloudbows or ghost rainbows – are made much as rainbows are, from the same configuration of sunlight and moisture. Rainbows happen when the air is filled with raindrops, and you always see a rainbow in the direction opposite the sun. Fogbows are much the same, always opposite the sun, but fogbows are caused by the small droplets inside a fog or cloud rather than larger raindrops."
Thanks to Grace for allowing me to share her beautiful photo with you here. To see more of Grace's photography, here is her website: https://graceomalleyphotography.com/
ooo, it's windy here today! Sunny and mild, but very windy.