A rare flat rainbow has been spotted off the coast of Devon as the UK was lashed by Storm Francis.
The phenomenon was seen in Torbay as the 700-mile wide storm battered Britain with 80mph winds, heavy downpours and some of the worst summer weather for 50 years.
Images of the rainbow were snapped from nearby Paignton beach.
It's believed it formed as a result of the sun shining through spray whipped off the surface of the sea by strong winds.
Met Office officials said: “This looks like spray being blown up from the sea by the strong gusty winds due to Storm Francis.
"The same principles as in a usual rainbow are then in play, so the light is being reflected, refracted and dispersed by the water droplets giving the different colours.
“However, because it’s water blown up from the sea, it’s flatter and not curved, as it would be if it was caused by water droplets or rain in the sky.”
The sight was described as a "rainbow mist", with "one colour on top of the next".
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The phenomenon was seen in Torbay as the 700-mile wide storm battered Britain with 80mph winds, heavy downpours and some of the worst summer weather for 50 years.
Images of the rainbow were snapped from nearby Paignton beach.
It's believed it formed as a result of the sun shining through spray whipped off the surface of the sea by strong winds.
Met Office officials said: “This looks like spray being blown up from the sea by the strong gusty winds due to Storm Francis.
"The same principles as in a usual rainbow are then in play, so the light is being reflected, refracted and dispersed by the water droplets giving the different colours.
“However, because it’s water blown up from the sea, it’s flatter and not curved, as it would be if it was caused by water droplets or rain in the sky.”
The sight was described as a "rainbow mist", with "one colour on top of the next".
Source: The Sun, Twitter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patryn.worldlatestnews
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