Once in while, a showery set of clouds comes across the Bay of Plenty, and as the afternoon sun shines through the rain, beautiful rainbows rise above the ocean of Ohope Beach. If the tide is low, and if the rains persist, the rainbows reflect off the wet sand, as they remain for many minutes above sand dune, shore, and sea.
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| Ohope Beach, lilies |
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| Ohope Beach, Bay of Plenty |
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| Bay of Plenty, Ohope Beach |
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| New Zealand rainbow, taken with my iPhone |
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| Ohope Beach |