Solar Rainbow greeting me as I awoke on my birthday

22 responses to “Solar Rainbow greeting me as I awoke on my birthday”

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   jurvetson

   Mar 1, 2014 at 8:50 pm

   A quarter of the full rain circle (for want of a fish-eye lens!)

   

   A rare monochromatic doublet
   

   And the very different circle from the backscattering of Buddha’s light 佛光
   

   On a kitty!
   

   Sideways in Zimbabwe
   

   At the Maverick’s Surf
   

   Overhead skiing
   

   Exploring polarizers
   

   More strange rainbows

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   AGrinberg

   Mar 1, 2014 at 9:19 pm

   Rainbows up and down the coast today.
   Happy Birthday!

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   angry shock

   Mar 1, 2014 at 9:27 pm

   I’m happy to see the rainbow arrived on time as I planned!! And that you liked it so much. Looks wonderful. In my planet we use to give rainbows for the birthdays of special friends, but I was not sure if it was going to work here. *relief*

   But that’s not all there is to see…

   Happy birthday, amigo!!

   Hint: Find your way to the other side of the rainbow, there’s where you will receive the real gift for you. The rainbow is just the banner. The ribbon of the gift. |-)

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   rass999 denis laframboise

   Mar 1, 2014 at 9:48 pm

   Happy birthday young guy. C’est à ton tour de te laisser parler d’amour.

   denis

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5. 

   BWJones

   Mar 1, 2014 at 9:50 pm

   Happy Birthday!

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   Rain Sun

   Mar 1, 2014 at 10:31 pm

   Happy Birthday, March 1=February 29, but not always:)

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   scleroplex

   Mar 1, 2014 at 10:36 pm

   best birthday sun ever 🙂
   Happy Birthday!

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   kirainet

   Mar 2, 2014 at 1:29 am

   Happy birthday!

   Wow, that is an amazingly good picture of a rainbow! Perfect angle I guess.
   I learned about rainbows from Walter Lewin’s physics book and enjoyed remembering about it weeks ago watching this lecture also by him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QVbE_tU2sA

   Searching "circular rainbow" I found more amazing rainbow pictures here: http://www.pocketburgers.com/2009_12_23_archive.html

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   gsikich1

   Mar 2, 2014 at 3:53 am

   Happy Birthday – enjoy the day.

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    Chucil

    Mar 2, 2014 at 4:59 am

    Happy Birthday!

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11. 

    christopherholtphotos

    Mar 2, 2014 at 5:40 am

    sweet

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12. 

    jurvetson

    Mar 2, 2014 at 7:15 pm

    Thanks y’all.

    The shot above was a telephoto, pulling back, you can see the secondary bow:

    

    With clues from this guide to rainbows, you can also see the supernumeraries on the inner side of the primary bow (in the zoom photo up top).

    "These "supernumerary bows" are an intimation of the limitations of geometric optics for it is totally unable to explain them. To do so we must take account of the wave nature of light." (primer, cool interactive slider showing variation with drop size)

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    scleroplex

    Mar 2, 2014 at 9:42 pm

    learnt something new today – "supernumerary bows"
    thank you 🙂

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14. 

    Tomitheos

    Mar 5, 2014 at 3:16 am

    great way to wake up on your special day 🙂

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    bike-R

    Mar 6, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    Had a pic of a RAINBOW here in town the other day.looked for the POT’o GOLD at the end of the rainbow but only thing we found was the NEW POT SHOP!

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    sharp pie

    Mar 11, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    This is a Colourful Picture!
    

    Seen in F lickr’s Rainbow Pics

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17. 

    sharp pie

    Mar 11, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    Wonderful Capture! Doug

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    scleroplex

    Mar 12, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25203-first-alien-rainbow-...

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    marylb0

    Jun 26, 2014 at 7:40 am

    I used this image in a resource on light sources in a scheme of work for science. Thanks for CC license.

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    rainbowsandrainau

    Mar 18, 2015 at 9:25 am

    Thanks so much for allowing me to use your image in my app !! Attributions are on my website http://www.rainbowsandrain.com.au/my-very-own-alphabet-app.html To download the app and take a look where I’ve used your image go to: itunes.apple.com/au/app/my-very-own-alphabet-app/id716495…

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    stop that man!

    Apr 20, 2015 at 12:44 pm

    Thanks for the great photo, just used with this article on The Ecologist: http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2834266/the_mirag...

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22. 

    Molokai Tita

    Aug 12, 2020 at 5:32 pm

    Thanks for sharing this image, Steve. I’ve used it in a post on my blog, LIFE-BUILT POEMS: Living Out Loud.

    Here’s the link: lifebuiltpoems.com/do-what-you-can/

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