Lunar Rainbow - Moonbow

Lunar Rainbow - Moonbow

A moonbow (also known as a lunar rainbow or white rainbow) is a rainbow that occurs at night. Moonbows are relatively faint, due to the smaller amount of light from the Moon. As with rainbows, they are in the opposite part of the sky from the moon. This picture was taken looking south, the bright star to the right is Achernar

Camera : Canon 10D
Exposure : 25 seconds, ISO800, 18mm lens
Date : 8 April 2006
Location : Kaituna, Masterton, New Zealand