I was surprised by yesterday’s heavy fog when I ventured out in the morning.  On my way northward I decided to grab a shot of the ever photogenic capitol tower, which always looks cool on foggy mornings.  By the time I got there, it was hardly obscured by fog when looking up from the bottom of the mall.

Once I had the sun at my back, however, I noticed something really bizarre: a white rainbow!  Of course, I had to look into this new-to-me phenomenon to find out that what I was witnessing was a fogbow. Click on the image for a larger version.

Over time the capitol began to emerge as the fog moved along, but the fogbow remained for quite some time.  Unlike a rainbow, which seems ever distant, the fogbow appeared to be close, only a couple hundred feet away…easily between me and the capitol building.  What a bizarre sensation!  Click on the image for a larger version.

I had to get going before the fogbow disappeared completely, but I had plenty of photos to remember this unique weather encounter.  I’ve never seen anything like this before,  and I didn’t know such a thing even existed.  I know now, I’m sure glad I was able to witness it yesterday, and even more excited that I had the ability to take some photos to share!