‘Record-breaking’ rainbow seen in Taiwan for nine hours - The world may have a new record for the longest-lasting rainbow after two professors saw the phenomenon occur for nearly nine hours in Taiwan. Chou Kun-hsuan and Lui Ching-huan, professors at the Chinese Culture University in Taipei, documented the rainbow last week.<br /><br />The professors are in the university’s department of atmospheric sciences and enlisted the help of students and the campus community in their task, the BBC reported.<br /><br />“It was amazing… it felt like a gift from the sky… it’s so rare!” Professor Chou said.<br /><br />According to the data gathered by those at the university, the rainbow lasted for eight hours and 58 minutes, from 06:57 am to 15:55pm.<br /><br />“When we broke the previous record after passing six hours, I was hardly able to stay seated for lunch,” Professor Chou said. “I was so excited.”<br /><br />The record for the longest-lasting rainbow was set in Yorkshire after the phenomenon appeared for six hours on 14 March 1994.<br /><br />The rainbow in Taipei occurred due to a combination of factors, including seasonal monsoons that have trapped moist air, which formed clouds, alongside relatively slow winds and lots of sunlight.<br /><br />The department of atmospheric sciences is now gathering its evidence together to submit to Guinness World Records.<br /><br />Music: Halls of Neptune (Breaks Mix) by Dhruva Aliman<br />https://dhruvaaliman.bandcamp.com/album/hard-to-get-along<br />http://www.dhruvaaliman.com/<br /><br />
