rainbow explanation?
can anyone give me a site to review the rainbow event?
i see it often whilst flying--the circle around the shadow of the airplane i am flying in downsun and on some cloud deck.
a very beautiful site indeed.
once into BRU sep 2003, late in the afternoon, on downwind vectors into 25R, sun directly behind us, i saw the situation arising and called all the cabin crew into the flight deck and if i only had a camera!!!! we flew straight into our own shadow with the rainbow circle around us head on. the full shadow of the wings and engines etc. a site of a life time!!!!
marvelous site, but i need a review as to what causes the event.
thanks in advance