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| Twinned bows, not to be confused with supernumeraries, do not have an agreed explanation but they could be produced by non-spherical raindrops or ice spheres. | |
| (1) | Imaged by Vincent Jacques (site) at Breil in the French Alpes-Maritimes, 5th May 2004. |
| (2) | Serge Vasseur (site) saw these bows on July 17, 2004 (sun 15.5° high) at Presles, France. The bows occurred after a thunderstorm ending with heavy rain, small transparent hailstones and some scattered snowflakes. |
| (3) | Imaged by Eva Seidenfaden (site) at Trier, Germany on Sept 11, 2005. The secondary bow is not split - in agreement with simulations from non-spherical water drops. |
| Images are the copyright of the individual photographers and shown here with permission. | |