Oregon: Rainbows Around the Sun

Unexpected, rare-to-me beauty around the sun

I took filter-free photos here at home, about two miles east of Hubbard, Oregon. I hope I didn’t ruin anything in my camera (Canon PowerShot S3) with a couple of the shots. If I knew how to operate my camera better, I’m sure I could have snapped some better pictures. I just had it on full auto. (Does that make it an assault camera?) 😯 (No, I didn’t hit anybody with it.)

Are these rainbows? Or rainrings? Or sunrings? Or full sundogs? Or sun halos? Whatever they are, we couldn’t see all of the outer one. It just wasn’t complete from our angle.

These particular photos I took at 1:28, 1:31, 1:32, and 1:32 this afternoon.

inner ring around the sun

complete inner ring around the sun

two rings around the sun

more inner ring around the sun

The heavens declare the glory of God!

I am so thankful and excited to have witnessed this wondrous beauty in the sky.

PS: Yes, my link to the Canon PowerShot S3 is an Amazon affiliate link. Thank you for your support. 🙂

2 thoughts on “Oregon: Rainbows Around the Sun”

  1. wow….I always thought you had to be facing away from the sun to see rainbows. I was told they were actually rings, but the earth interrupted them, making them only arcs….thanks for sharing. I’m curious…I’m assuming you could see them with the naked eye, not just through the lens?

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