{"id":1380159,"date":"2026-04-09T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ukrainian-polar-explorers-showed-a-rare-white-rainbow\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:00:52","slug":"ukrainian-polar-explorers-showed-a-rare-white-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ukrainian-polar-explorers-showed-a-rare-white-rainbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian polar explorers showed a rare white rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ukrainian polar explorers recorded a rare atmospheric phenomenon – a white rainbow near the Akademik Vernadsky station.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was reported by<\/a> the National Antarctic Science Center.<\/p>\n

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The photo was taken by Zoya Shvydka, a biologist on the 30th Antarctic Expedition. <\/p>\n

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Scientists explained that a white rainbow is caused by very small water droplets, in which light is not broken down into colors as in a regular rainbow.<\/p>\n

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In larger droplets, the light is split into a spectrum, and each color propagates separately – that’s why we see a bright multi-colored arc. As the droplets get smaller, the light beams mix through diffraction, and the colors gradually disappear.<\/p>\n

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As a result, the rainbow appears white or almost colorless.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes faint shades may appear on its edges – orange on the outside and purple on the inside.<\/p>\n

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This phenomenon is also called a fog rainbow. It occurs when sunlight illuminates a thin mist made up of microscopic water droplets.<\/p>\n

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