Spotted in Foster City: A Double Rainbow

FOSTER CITY, CA- Seeing double is not always a bad thing. In this case, one local resident captured a double rainbow on camera during last week’s showers around town. No reports have been made whether or not there were two pots of gold at the end of these rainbows...

What causes a double rainbow? According to weather.com, the two rainbows appear “when refracted light does not escape the raindrop after being reflected the first time.”

The first rainbow is considered the “primary rainbow” and the secondary displays the reverse colors of the primary rainbow due to the unique refraction.

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It’s Your Shot: Pictures You Take and We Share

It seems everyone’s a photographer these days.

Cell phones capture amazing images. True DSLR cameras render detail that almost looks surreal.

We got to thinking. Why not share the pictures we receive, and see elsewhere, with you?

Have you got the next It’s Your Shot?

We’re looking for high-resolution images that reflect the beauty that is the Peninsula, and that show off your unique talents.

So, bring ‘em on.

No selfies. Not here.

Send your Shots - no more than 2 MB - as .jpg files to: renee.schiavone@patch.com and we’ll post the feature on an occasional basis. Or-- post it for free in our bulletin board section on the site, and we’ll feature it up top.

Be sure to also include when and where the shot was taken and any other details about what was going on.

– Patch Editor Autumn Johnson contributed to this report.