ABC News October 10, 2014

Full Circle Rainbow Shines Through Rainstorm: Captured on Camera

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Aerial photographer Colin Leonhardt photographed a circular rainbow while flying around a rain shower above Cottesloe Beach in western Australia in 2013.

Colin Leonhardt captured the holy grail of aerial photography on his latest photo shoot: a perfect circle rainbow.

Leonhardt, 46, who specializes in aerial photographer, was flying back from a photo shoot when the pilot of the plane he was on flew over Cottesloe Beach in western Australia during a rain shower.

The rare phenomenon of a circular rainbow can only be seen from the air, when the sun is shining from behind the observer through droplets of rain.