Rare Rainbow

Well, the Davids lost last night: both Bradley and Gonzaga are out of the NCAA tournament. The news about Iraq, bird flu, Arctic ice melt, and the national debt are all pretty bad.

We need some relief, and here it is: photos of a rare winter rainbow. Taken by Dan Bush of Albany, Missouri, they show a rainbow and sunset at Elam Bend Conservation Area near McFall, Missouri on February 2, 2006.

The pictures appear in large format and with informative notes by Mr. Bush at the Missouri Skies web site. The above shot he made with a fisheye lens and it shows the entire rainbow arc.

Next time I feel down about the state of the world, I'll take a look at the world near at hand.