Saturday 6 June 2009

Rainbow

Never been that close to a rainbow! It seemed that I could reach one of its ends, that started just across our driveway... It didn't last long - the rainbow moved further and further away, till the bright colours disappeared.


It was a very big rainbow - shame I couldn't get all of it into one photo! I need a panoramic camera... (Hmm... I'd really like to get a new one, just haven't decided what it will be.)


Scientific explanation of this wonder: a rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. They take the form of a multicoloured arc, with red on the outer part of the arch and violet on the inner section of the arch.
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(Information found in Wikipedia)

3 comments:

Jacoline said...

What a great pictures, good luck wich looking for a new camera. I think you worth it!

Kristina said...

Thank you for your nice comment, Lien.

Unknown said...

10 points for the picture on the bottom!