RAINBOW

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RAINBOW

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme

RAINBOW

Find the two pots of gold!

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RAINBOW

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme

RAINBOW

Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse... You're right! A rainbow appears and things get better.

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme

RAINBOW

"And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow." - Gilbert K. Chesterton

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RAINBOW

A hopeful sign...

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CARE RAINBOW

A hope rainbow made of painted stones in a neighbour's garden. Yellow everlasting daisies (Helichrysum) are in the foreground. 

The COVID-19 crisis has brought forward the importance of keeping a positive attitude, caring about ourselves, our families and our communities, and hoping for a quick resolution of the pandemic.

This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme.

YARRA SUNRISE

Sunrise on the Yarra River is always a beautiful time, especially if one has some close encounters with the local inhabitants!

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme,
and also part of the Weekend Reflections meme,
and also part of the Weekly TopShot meme,
and also part of the Scenic Weekends meme.

FRIDAY'S RAINBOW

Driving home from work this afternoon, I was being extra careful as it was raining heavily. Suddenly, though, through the rain, the sun appeared in the West, and in the East the most magnificent double rainbow appeared in the East. Fortunately I was on the extra-wide Heidelberg Rd, so I stopped to take some photos.

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RAINBOW

My office window faces south and I can see the Eureka Tower (Melbourne's tallest skyscraper at nearly 300 m) in Southbank. After a Spring shower, it is good to see the rainbow come up.

This post is part of Sylvia's Skywatch Friday.

FLYING INTO MELBOURNE

A few weeks ago I was in Adelaide for work. In the evening on the way back quite a major storm was predicted to cross from South Australia into Victoria. Fortunately it did not disrupt our flight as the storm happened while we were flying over it. However, it was a great opportunity to capture the rainbow when approaching Melbourne and then to enjoy quite a magnificent sunset! Melbourne's changeable weather provides some wonderful photo opportunities.

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MORE MELBOURNE WEATHER

Melbourne has a moderate oceanic climate and is well known for its changeable weather conditions. This is because Melbourne is located on the boundary of the very hot inland areas and the cold southern ocean. This temperature differential is most pronounced in the spring and summer months and can cause very strong cold fronts to form. These cold fronts can be responsible for all sorts of severe weather from gales to severe thunderstorms and hail, large temperature drops, and heavy rain.

Relatively narrow streams of heavy showers can often affect the same places (usually the eastern suburbs) for an extended period of time, whilst the rest of Melbourne and surrounds stays dry. These showers are often heavy and can contain hail and squalls and significant drops in temperature, but they pass through very quickly at times with a rapid clearing trend to sunny and relatively calm weather and the temperature rising back to what it was before the shower. This occurs often in the space of minutes and can be repeated many times in a day, giving Melbourne a reputation for having "four seasons in one day", a phrase that is part of local popular culture and familiar to many visitors to the city.

Our very changeable weather nevertheless often gives us the pleasure of admiring spectacular rainbows like this double one, shot in our back yard!

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme.