Full Circle Rainbow Shines Through Rainstorm: Captured on Camera
Photographer captures a rare sight during an Australian rain shower.
ByABC News
October 10, 2014, 2:20 PM
![Aerial photographer Colin Leonhardt photographed a circular rainbow while flying around a rain shower above Cottesloe Beach in western Australia in 2013.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/cn_round_rainbow_australia_jc_141010_16x9_992.jpg?w=1600)
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— -- Colin Leonhardt captured the holy grail of aerial photography on his latest photo shoot: a perfect circle rainbow.
Leonhardt, 46, who specializes in aerial photographer, was flying back from a photo shoot when the pilot of the plane he was on flew over Cottesloe Beach in western Australia during a rain shower.
The rare phenomenon of a circular rainbow can only be seen from the air, when the sun is shining from behind the observer through droplets of rain.