MEANING
A rare nighttime rainbow formed when moonlight is refracted and reflected by airborne water droplets.
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Name a rare nighttime rainbow.A precise atmospheric phenomenon that makes a night landscape feel briefly luminous and otherworldly.
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- a moonbow over a waterfall
- a faint moonbow
- lunar moonbow
- moonbow over a waterfall
- faint moonbow
- lunar rainbow
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A pale moonbow arched above the falls, its colors almost invisible to the eye.
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- moonbow
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Usage notes
Also called a lunar rainbow; it is a real optical phenomenon, usually faint because moonlight is weaker than sunlight.
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