Cloudbows In Eastern Iowa

Passing rain clouds, some with Virga (light rain that falls from a cloud but evaporates before reaching the ground), formed in Eastern Iowa on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Viewed in these three images above are refractions of indirect sunlight on the rain--creating streaks--but which weren't enough to disperse the spectrum of colors associated with a classic rainbow. The images look east from Arabian Road, .35-mile east of North Alburnett Road and .85-mile SE of Alburnett, Iowa. Capture times from top to bottom were: 4:13 pm CDT, 4:15 pm and 4:16 pm. Nikon D5000 DSLR camera.