Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/16
By: Lee Hsin-Yin 

Taipei, March 16 (CNA) A rainbow that lasted for about nine hours and was observed from Chinese Culture University in Taipei last year will be officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest rainbow ever recorded, the university said Friday.

The rainbow, which lasted from 6:57 a.m. to 3:55 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2017, generated considerable public interest at the time and was reported by local and foreign media.

Chou Kun-hsuan (周昆炫), a professor from the university’s Department of Atmospheric Science, whose team documented the event, launched a campaign to have the rainbow recognized by the Guinness World Records.

Most rainbows last for less than an hour, and the existing Guinness record for the longest-lasting rainbow of six hours was set in 1994 in Wetherby, Yorkshire in the United
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