Taiwan witnesses world’s longest-lasting rainbow

Sheffield has apparently lost its record for the world's longest lasting rainbow after witnessing a nine-hour display of Rainbow in Taiwan.

Beating one of its own record of six hour long display which was set two decades ago in Taipei, a continuous rainbow was again spotted over the capital city Taipei last week which lasted for nine hours.

By all means, city’s 23-year record has been lost.

Meteorology experts claimed the Taiwan rainbow was visible from 7am to 4pm. The spectacular natural phenomenon was observed by Professor Kun-Hsuan Chou, who works at the Department of Atmospheric Science of Chinese Culture University in Taipei city.

Professor Chou first recorded a rainbow which appeared in the sky for over six hours on November 27.

But three days later, he and his colleague observed the record-breaking nine-hour rainbow near the university.

Previously, Sheffield rainbow was said to be seen over the city for six hours continuously on 14 March 1994 from 9am to 3pm.

Rainbows are formed through reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicolored arc.