'Double moonbow' with northern lights leaves people awestruck; see stunning pictures

Recently, residents of rrn Scotland witnessed natural phemen of a double moonbow and Aurora with an equally rare lunar rainbow. ims of unique event have been widely shared and circulated by people on social media. spectacular phemen that is linked to activity on surface of Sun, was visible in skies from parts of rrn Scotland over last few days. And on one day, people spotted a lunar rainbow called a ‘moonbow’ spre across sky on a clear night.

'Double moonbow' spotted in Scotland

Photographer Andy Walker took some of stunning ims at Durness in rthwest Highlands of Scotland and shared it on Facebook. Since time, photographer has uploed picture on social networking site, it has since been shared. on or platforms as well. While captioning pictures on Facebook, Walker wrote, “Durness tonight. Double moonbow and Aurora. It would be a lot better if it wasn't for bright moon! Nikon D700 with 28mm F2.8, ISO800-1600 6-10sec. Just across ro from house!.”Moonbow or lunar rainbow is a rare optical phemen which is caused when light from moon is refracted through water droplets in air.

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Scores of people who were awestruck after watching such an eye-appealing sight and shared ir experience of seeing pictures on Twitter. One of users shared picture ed by Andy and wrote "Scotland witness rare night sky combo." Ar user shared similar pictures and wrote, "Amazing double moonbow captured on camera in Highlands." A third user called it “Absolutely beautiful" while or wrote, “Wow! That's awesome!.”

Walker, who has been taking pictures of rrn Lights for a dece, told Daily Record that he has never seen anything like this before. Walker, who runs a bed and breakfast in town and works for RAF, is used to tourists asking about seeing Aurora Borealis since Scotland lies on same latitude as rway and Alaska. 

“ moonbow, in particular, was very unusual. We’ve been in this house five or six years, I’ve never seen a moonbow before,” Walker told International outlet “re was a bit of luck involved. I was in right place at right time. About 10 minutes after I started taking pictures rain stopped and it disappeared behind a cloud,” he ded. 

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