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Can your rainbow do this?

Postby wkitty42 » Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:35 pm

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Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey
Credit & Copyright: John Entwistle

Explanation: Yes, but can your rainbow do this? After the remnants of Hurricane Florence passed over Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA last month, the Sun came out in one direction but something quite unusual appeared in the opposite direction: a hall of rainbows. Over the course of a next half hour, to the delight of the photographer and his daughter, vibrant supernumerary rainbows faded in and out, with at least five captured in this featured single shot. Supernumerary rainbows only form when falling water droplets are all nearly the same size and typically less than a millimeter across. Then, sunlight will not only reflect from inside the raindrops, but interfere, a wave phenomenon similar to ripples on a pond when a stone is thrown in. In fact, supernumerary rainbows can only be explained with waves, and their noted existence in the early 1800s was considered early evidence of light's wave nature.


APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day - 2018 Oct 2
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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Re: Can your rainbow do this?

Postby curt » Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:40 pm

Wow!!!
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Re: Can your rainbow do this?

Postby wkitty42 » Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:14 pm

i can see at least 6... possibly 7 in that shot... the description says "at least five"...
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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Re: Can your rainbow do this?

Postby legoboyvdlp » Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:36 pm

Amazing picture!
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Re: Can your rainbow do this?

Postby Thorsten » Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:44 am

That's... awesome.
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Re: Can your rainbow do this?

Postby wkitty42 » Sat Oct 06, 2018 4:59 pm

i thought you might say something like that, Thorsten :mrgreen:

i was quite astonished to see the photo and my first thought was to post it here for everyone to enjoy ;)
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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Re: Can your rainbow do this?

Postby Thorsten » Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:51 pm

At least I've seen a parhelic ring for the first time in my life for real today :mrgreen:
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Re: Can your rainbow do this?

Postby wkitty42 » Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:25 am

:thumbsup:
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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