Rainbows in the Forest
With its changeable weather, the Caledonian Forest often has 'rainbow days', when these prismatic arcs appear in the sky again and again, due to the interplay of sun and rain.
"My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky"
-- William Wordsworth
 Rainbow over Scots pines at Coille Ruigh na Cuileige in Glen Affric.  Rainbow over the Caledonian Forest and the Affric River, near Dog Falls in Glen Affric. |
 Rainbow over Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris) and birches in autumn in Glen Affric.  Rainbow beside a Scots pine in autumn, in Glen Strathfarrar National Nature Reserve.  Double rainbow over the Caledonian Forest on the south shore of Loch Beinn a'Mheadhoin in Glen Affric. |
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