The rainbow connection

After a mostly sunny Sunday (appropriately named), we experienced a short rain squall. It lasted maybe ten minutes. The sky cleared as it passed toward the northeast and treated us to a brilliant arc-en-ciel (rainbow).

Looking toward the northeast. The sun was already shining on us as the rain squall moved eastward.

These photos don't do it justice. The rainbow stretched in a perfect unbroken arc from north to south, bright and clear from one end to the other. I couldn't get the whole thing in the frame from our deck, so these partial shots will have to do.

Looking through the trees.

As the squall passed on out of sight, the rainbow started to fade. First from the top of the arc, then progressively down each side until I could only see the stubs of the rainbow through the trees at ground level. Then they, too, faded.

Looking out the kitchen window toward the rainbow's southeast leg.