Drone captures mesmerising footage of humpback whale spraying a RAINBOW from its blow hole

  • The large marine mammal was swimming off the coast of Newport Beach
  • It breaks the surface of the ocean and sprays water from its blow hole
  • The spray passes through a beam of light and a rainbow forms in the air

A humpback whale sprayed a rainbow from its blowhole in a mesmerising video posted online.

In the clip, the large marine mammal can be seen swimming through the ocean off the coast of Newport Beach in California.

A drone captures the footage of the whale as it hides itself under the water before coming up to break the surface.

The whale was captured swimming through the ocean off the coast of Newport Beach in California

The whale was captured swimming through the ocean off the coast of Newport Beach in California

The whale sprayed water from its blow hole, which passed through a beam of light and created a rainbow

The whale sprayed water from its blow hole, which passed through a beam of light and created a rainbow

It then fires water from its blowhole, which instantly turns to mist as it moves through the air.

Suddenly there's a remarkable sight, as the water particles pass through a beam of light and a perfect rainbow is formed.

The image momentarily remains in the air before the spray continues to pass through the beam and the rainbow is lost.

The video concludes with the whale submerging itself under the water once again.

The remarkably image of a fully-formed rainbow lingered in the air above the whale for some time 

The remarkably image of a fully-formed rainbow lingered in the air above the whale for some time 

Eventually, as the mist continued to pass through the air, the image of the rainbow was lost

Eventually, as the mist continued to pass through the air, the image of the rainbow was lost

Rainbows occur when sunlight and water combine in a specific way.

Sunlight is made up of a spectrum of colours, but we generally only see it as a white beam.

However, when this beam hits water at a certain angle, the different colours that make up the beam separate, which results in a rainbow. 

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