Cumberland Falls' Moonbow | Kentucky Life | KET

The romance of the waterfall at Cumberland Falls State Park is enhanced on the occasional moonlit night by a moonbow. The spectacular sight of the moonbow attracts people from all over the world.
What exactly creates the moonbow? The light from the moon is shining through the water droplets in the mist at the bottom of the falls, creating the delicate arc of light. To the human eye it often looks like a faint white arc, but in long-exposure photographs, the seven colors of the rainbow are visible.
The naturalist John Muir wrote about the Yosemite National Park moonbows, which he called spray bows. Moonbows are also visible in Victoria Falls in Zambia.
Geography note: Cumberland Falls State Park is split between Whitley and McCreary counties. Everyone watching the moonbow is standing in Whitley County; the moonbow and the falls themselves are in McCreary County.

[@christinamoynihan4021]

Just beautiful ❤️ You do need a lot of time to enjoy this completely.

[@teacherdavid--eatplaylearn5013]

Blessings from Taiwan 🇹🇼 🎉 Hope I can go visit here and be LUCKY to see the moonbow 🤩 Jesus loves everyone 😇🥰💖

[@garyanddoris6022]

Wow ....didn't know that about the earthquake, which me and my wife lives about 27 minutes from Cumberland falls, and ive said I think that everyone on the planet should get to see at least one time .......it really is magnificent.......

[@teacherdavid--eatplaylearn5013]

Blessings from Taiwan 🇹🇼 🎉 Hope I can go visit here and be LUCKY to see the moonbow 🤩 Jesus loves everyone 😇🥰💖

[@prizm63]

One day I will get back. LOVE that location

[@Intuitivedreams]

I would love to visit this place and see a Moonbow 🌈😍

[@LB-eh5fz]

Hi, I was at the falls yesterday, I live here a half hour away,,, all this rain has the water level up even with the drop off of the falls ,it was incredible,,,I sent videos to my sons in Ohio,,, they come her to see the falls at least once a year ,,,,,,I’ve met people from around the world here in the summertime,,, Australia, Canada, Europe, every State in America,,, yesterday a couple from Nashville Tennessee, a couple from Texas, a family from Georgia,,,summertime is always full of people❤️

[@teacherdavid--eatplaylearn5013]

​@@LB-eh5fzBlessings from Taiwan 🇹🇼 🎉 Hope I can go visit here and be LUCKY to see the moonbow 🤩 Jesus loves everyone 😇🥰💖

[@SpilledShelf5]

Cool

[@MistyCarroll-zc9ck]

Is so pretty there!I

[@IsaacAbinante]

B.S. on Yosemite Falls (or any other waterfall in Yosemite) being artificially lit at night, as well as on the Moonbow sign. The sign should say it's the only place where you can regularly see a moonbow, since it's only distinction between the ones at Yosemite (viewable at upper and lower Yosemite Falls, Ribbon Falls, Cascade Falls, Illilouette Falls, and Bridelveil Falls), is that yosemite falls runs dry in the summer, so it's not "regularly" seen.

[@OwenMichtofen-rx5yz]

This is for tourism

[@LB-eh5fz]

Owen Michtofen I was at the falls yesterday it’s incredible,,,how high the water is because of all this rain, ,I live a half hour away , and come to see the waterfall regularly,it soothes my soul,so natural so calming pure Nature ,,nothing manmade ❤️

[@joebell6656]

Bryant sent me here

[@garyanddoris6022]

Did they tell you about the curse of the falls that the Indians put on it 🤔 ...

[@KavorkaDesigns]

Nikon guy using 640, amature LOL