Friday Rainbow

My regular readers will be aware of my fascination of atmospheric effects, particularly as the sun disappears over the western horizon, but this afternoon, we were treated to some excitement on the eastern horizon, in the form of a double rainbow. I figure it's Nature's way of giving us something to smile about before dumping a dark, cold, rainy weekend upon us. Enjoy!

'bow in the forest.

'bow on the rocks.

The outer rainbow has its colors reversed.

Then, as I was transferring the above photos to my computer to upload, the western horizon turned gorgeous with a big mushroom-cloud-looking sunset formation, with some crepuscular ray action.

Have a great final weekend of January! It feels like it's almost 2013 already!