The people of Taiwan watched the longest in the world a rainbow

News 5 December, 2017

The people of Taiwan watched the longest in the world rainbow. Citizens could see the colored arcuate strip in the heavens for 8 hours and 58 minutes.

 

The figure of the professors and students of Chinese culture University in Taipei intend to make to the Guinness Book of records. At the moment, in Taiwan the rainbow lasted longer than ever before. The previous record was recorded in 1994 in the UK. Then the inhabitants of Yorkshire saw a rainbow for 6 hours. Scientists of Taiwan to collect the necessary evidence, in order to provide the Commission responsible for setting records.

Experts explain the unusual length of rainbow natural conditions. In Taiwan recorded high humidity, little wind speed, and sunlight in the sky. These factors contributed to setting the record. According to scientists, is usually a rainbow can be seen over hours, then it disappears.