Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be
beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.
Robert Motherwell
This incredibly rare photograph of the "end of a rainbow" was taken by
Jason Erdkamp from Lake Forest, California, USA. He spotted it on the 241
Toll road in Orange County, California. Some have suggested that the picture
has been photo shopped; but experienced photographers, meteorologists and a
graphic designer are certain it is the real thing.
Irish folklore has it that Leprechauns believe that buried treasure can
be found at the end of a rainbow. Leprechauns have even been known to bury
their own treasure in such places. Will and Guy are considering popping over
to California to take a look, with their picks and shovels, of course.
Here is photo of rainbow cloud which looks like a reclining woman.
It was taken over over the Himalayas by Oleg Bartunov. He was part
of an expedition near Mount Everest in Nepal. The rainbow cloud
phenomenon is caused by light reflecting off tiny ice crystals.
Will and Guy suspect that the central character in this photo [dressed in
red] is singing, "Over the Rainbow".
Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high. There's a land that I heard
of once in a lullaby. Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue.
And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true. Someday
I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops, Away above the chimney tops. That's
where you'll find me. Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds
fly over the rainbow, Why then - oh, why can't I? If happy little
bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, Why, oh, why can't I?
From the film "The Wizard Of Oz" and sung by Judy Garland. Songwriters:
Arlen, Harold; Harburg, E.Y.
In the photo to the right sheep seem to be gathering around the end of an
particularly intense rainbow. Guy thinks this could be a biblical
scene, all we need is for Moses to wander into shot.
In reality Jason Connolly took the photo as he walked up Latterbarrow
hill, in Cumbria, England.
The bright sunshine cut through the heavy rain to produce an arc of vivid
colours over the Cumbrian countryside.
A
rainbow halo around the sun, spotted and photographed over Johannesburg,
South Africa. The ring is caused by the sun's rays refracting off ice
crystals within thin cirrus clouds.
An acronym, or a sentence from an acronym helps, to remember the
seven rainbow colours and their sequence. ROYGBIV, 'Richard of
York goes galloping in vain'. Red Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green,
Indigo and Violet.
What causes a rainbow is reflection of light in the water drops. As
water droplets are suspended in the atmosphere and the sun is shining, so
the rays are distorted producing a beautiful rainbow. Actually, the
light is reflected against the back of each drop, not once but twice.
(On the way in and on the way out of the drop).
Another way of looking at a rainbow is a brief study of light dispersion.
Think of light diffraction producing a cone of the rainbow colours.
Perhaps the only way to truly understand the rainbow phenomenon is to get a
prism and play with rays of sunlight.
Is There A Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow? Will and Guy are
able to reveal that a "pot of gold" has been discovered at the end of an
Arctic Circle rainbow, as this amazing picture shows.
Legend has it that at the end of every rainbow there's a leprechaun with
a handy pot of gold.
A rainbow arcs across the sky, framing the world famous Eiffel Tower in
Paris. Keen-eyed photographer and concert violinist Bertrand Kulik captured
the picturesque scene from his flat's window.
He said, 'I was at home giving
a violin lesson to a student when I saw out of the corner of my eye the
rainbow forming. I quickly opened my window, leaned out and took some
pictures - all while the student was still playing.'
Exceptional atmospheric conditions created a rare and stunning display in
the skies above Cambridge, England. Local astronomer, Jacqueline Mitton,
photographed the fabulous sight, caused by sunlight being refracted through ice
crystals high in the atmosphere.
This phenomenon is rarely seen outside the polar regions.
A Meteorological Office spokeswoman informed Will and Guy, 'They are
fairly rare. It is convex to the sun and is formed by refraction in
suitably-oriented ice crystals and may show vivid rainbow colouring, as in
this case.'
A marvellous photo taken in the Fowey estuary [Cornwall, England] at
their annual regatta. It shows the *Red Arrows in a fly past and has
captured the rainbows at the same time.
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