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Photographers chase Yosemite’s rare moonlight rainbows

Clip: 05/21/2015 | 4m 46s

On a clear night in Yosemite, only a few times each year, the full moon hits a misty spray of the highest waterfall in the park, creating a nighttime rainbow that is visible only through a camera lens. But this year, Yosemite Falls, which normally flows until August, will be dry by June, making more moonbow sightings uncertain. Special correspondent Sandra Hughes reports.

Aired: 05/21/15

Rating: NR

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