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    A perfect hemispherical rainbow over 
		 
		
		
		Bangkok, stretching from 
	 Bang Kapi 
	to
			
			
			
			Suwannaphum Airport (fig.). 
		In Thai
		
	mythology, the rainbow is called 
	 
	
	Inthanu, 
	meaning the ‘bow of  
		
		
        Indra’, 
	the god of heavens and weather. 
Since the 
	
	naga is 
	the protector of the earthly waters, this mythological serpent is in Thai 
	
		iconography 
	often depicted in all the colours of the 
	rainbow (fig.). 
	
								
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