Rare m锘縪onbows seen over the Highlands

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Image caption, 锘緼 moonbow seen from Fortrose on the Black Isle

M锘縪onbows could be seen from parts of the Highlands on Thursday night.

The optical phenomenon is caused when moonlight is refracted through water droplets in the air.

Moonbows, also known as lunar rainbows, are faint and very rarely seen, according to .听

Image source, Ruth Bradstreet

Image caption, 锘緿ores on the shores of Loch Ness also had good views of the lunar rainbow

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Image caption, 锘緼 picture of the optical phenomenon taken from Inverness

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Image caption, A锘縝riachan in the hills above Loch Ness was another vantage point for moonbow sightings

Image source, Eilidh MacDonald

Image caption, A锘 lunar rainbow over Alness in Easter Ross

Image source, RNLI Loch Ness

Image caption, R锘縉LI Loch Ness, stationed near Drumnadrochit, asked what might lie at the end of a lunar rainbow