Rare, ghostly ‘fog bow’ over Massachusetts captured on camera

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (WWLP) – What appears to be a white rainbow at the Quabbin in Belchertown was caught on camera.

22News viewer Panna sent the photos of a fog bow she saw while walking near the Winsor Dam at the Quabbin on Wednesday. “One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen,” Panna told 22News.

A fog bow is similar to a rainbow due to its arch however, it appears as a bow in fog rather than rain, according to Wikipedia. They are formed by very small water droplets that cause fog. The fog bow forms very weak colors with a red outer edge and a bluish inner edge. “In many cases, when the droplets are very small, fog bows appear white, and are therefore sometimes called white rainbows,” stated information from Wikipedia on fog bow .

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