Translated from the November 2012 issue of National Geographic Magazine Germany:

Italy

August 1, 7:01 p.m.,
at an altitude of 2,400 meters.

A circular rainbow
frames the Three Peaks
in the South Tyrolean Dolomites.
Raindrops from a passing storm
refract the sunlight
and scatter it skyward –
where our photographer,
from a helicopter,
captures this lucky moment.

PHOTO: GEORG TAPPEINER