BOO Meadow Brook: Worcester, MA (10/20)

On Friday I took the day off to help out with the annual Halloween event at Broad Meadow Brook. The entire day was just horrible. It rained for most of the day and even when the precipitation held off, it was still overcast and dreary. But, just as the event was about to start the clouds cleared and everyone was treated to a beautiful double rainbow.

Some interesting facts about rainbows. They are only visible when the sun is between 40 deg and 42 deg in regards to the horizon (ie. the morning and afternoon). Below 40 degrees they are not visible to an observer on the ground. This Wikipedia entry gives a better explanation. Also, I've never figured this out myself but when you view a rainbow, the sun will always be directly behind you. This web site has a bunch of other facts on rainbows if you're interested.

Though a tried pretty hard, the rainbow was difficult to photograph. And, reading the Wikipedia entry I learned why. Using a 35mm camera like my digital Rebel, a rainbow can't be photographed with anything more than an 19mm lens. My kit lens only goes down to 28mm.