5 consecutive rainbow glows in the sky of America

The moment 5 colorful rainbow colors illuminate the sky of New Jersey state, America, at sunset into the lens of photographers.

Photographer John Entwistle sees five rainbows crossing the sky while taking sunset photos in New Jersey, USA, according to Live Science."I may be wrong but that scene certainly looks like 5 rainbows at sunset in Jersey Shore," Entwistle wrote on social network Instagram on September 18.

Continuous rainbow appears at sunset.(Photo: John Entwistle).

This supernumerary rainbow consists of the brightest and most visible main rainbow, along with at least two other less brilliant rainbow. In case Entwistle sees, 5 consecutive rainbow can be seen clearly from a distance.

"In general, continuous rainbow is quite common. There are many 2 - 3 rainbow images in a row," said Gunther Können, a climate researcher at the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute. "But the presence of five consecutive rainbows in nature is very special."

"Rainbow is really easy to appear but it is difficult to see these because they are not bright and tend to be obscured by the dominant colors of the main rainbow," said Raymond Lee, professor of research at the Institute. US Navy Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, shared.

Conventional rainbows form when sunlight shines through droplets thicker than the surrounding air, causing light to bend or refract. When in water droplets, light also reflects back. Different wavelengths of light are bent at different levels, occurring in many tiny droplets, creating rainbows.

A continuous rainbow occurs due to light spreading and eliminating each other when exposed to air. This type of rainbow is also easier to see because the droplets are relatively homogeneous in shape. "A continuous rainbow appears in a cone, meaning that the distance between the rainbows gradually decreases from the top to the horizon," explains Können.