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PROF. S. P. THOMPSON'S letter (p. 459) makes me recall that when on September 2 last year I crossed Wales westwardly from Hereford, on a fine sunny day, the train ran into a misty shower after 6 p.m. at Machynlleth, and out of it as we neared the viaduct at Barmouth. The sun had been obscured for some time, when it suddenly shone out through a chink between sea and cloud, causing in the east a very beautiful red rainbow. Like Prof. Thompson, I was under the impression that the phenomenon was of no uncommon occurrence, so did nothing more than note it in my diary.
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MUIRHEAD, H. Red Rainbows. Nature 24, 485 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024485b0
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