Double Rainbow Over Salisbury Cove, Maine June 27, 2008 Provided
by: Dong-Eog Kim, Dep’t of Neurology, Dongguk University
International Hospital, Korea Summary authors & editors: Dong-
Eog Kim, Jim Foster This well defined double rainbow was
observed over Salisbury Cove, Maine, late in the day on August
11, 2004. Since the primary and secondary bows are so arched,
and because the strongest colors are red and orange, it's
evident that these bows formed near sunset. Note that the color
scheme for the inner bow (primary) and the outer bow (secondary)
are the reverse of one another. The darkened strip of sky
between the bows is referred to as Alexander's band --named
after Alexander of Aphrodisias, who first described it over
2,000 years ago.