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Somewhere Over The Rainbow
09-01-2013, 07:38 AM
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Somewhere Over The Rainbow
On a drive home I passed by a rainbow so I figured...a picture probably wont' turn out..but it did 
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Have you ever seen a headstone with these words
"If only I had spent more time at work" ... from "Busy Man" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus
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09-01-2013, 08:03 AM
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09-01-2013, 09:25 AM
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I think this is the first rainbow picture I ever captured. Usually, the try is a swing and a miss 
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Have you ever seen a headstone with these words
"If only I had spent more time at work" ... from "Busy Man" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus
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09-01-2013, 09:40 AM
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We haven't had rain in so long, the rainbows dried up along with the lakes.
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09-01-2013, 10:21 AM
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Nice job, easysurfer! I was just sorting photos from the trip and these are from Kazakhstan, just after the border crossing near Astrakhan, Russia. Weird sort of hazy rainbow, after a massive rain and hailstorm. Welcome to Kazakhstan "Best in World!".
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09-01-2013, 10:24 AM
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Here is a double rainbow that I captured last Spring.
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09-01-2013, 11:16 AM
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Here is a double rainbow that I captured last Spring.
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What does it MEAN?
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09-01-2013, 11:42 AM
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Great rainbow photos! Breathtaking.
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Have you ever seen a headstone with these words
"If only I had spent more time at work" ... from "Busy Man" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus
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09-01-2013, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Onward
What does it MEAN?
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Optically, a double rainbow means that light is refracting twice through water droplets. The outer (secondary) rainbow is more diffuse and the colors are reversed.
In Irish mythology, there is a pot if gold at the end of a rainbow. Unfortunately, the gold will always remain elusive, since the rainbow moves with you! In other cultures, a double rainbow is associated with transformation.
So perhaps the double rainbow that I saw represents ER.......but I will never win the lottery!
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09-01-2013, 02:53 PM
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Vernal falls, Yosemite.
When the afternoon wind picks up, you can get a predictable rainbow this time of year.
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09-01-2013, 04:08 PM
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09-01-2013, 08:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Optically, a double rainbow means that light is refracting twice through water droplets. The outer (secondary) rainbow is more diffuse and the colors are reversed.
In Irish mythology, there is a pot if gold at the end of a rainbow. Unfortunately, the gold will always remain elusive, since the rainbow moves with you! In other cultures, a double rainbow is associated with transformation.
So perhaps the double rainbow that I saw represents ER.......but I will never win the lottery!
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LOL, Onward was referring to the internet-famous "Double Rainbow" guy's Youtube video:
Double rainbow ALL THE WAY!
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09-01-2013, 08:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
So perhaps the double rainbow that I saw represents ER....
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Heh heh. I like the "ER" idea, though!
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09-01-2013, 09:39 PM
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With all respect to Judy Garland, this is my favorite version of that tune:
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09-01-2013, 09:48 PM
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Getting in on the rainbow action. This was from our hotel room in London. You can see the Tower of London on the far right.
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09-01-2013, 11:24 PM
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You had your flash on, taking a landscape shot? really?
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09-02-2013, 06:39 AM
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How bad do you want that pot of gold? (I didn't take the photo, but it's been around a while.)
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09-02-2013, 06:43 AM
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One from the HFWR archive...
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09-02-2013, 09:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
With all respect to Judy Garland, this is my favorite version of that tune:
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+1. It was one of my first iTunes downloads when I got my first iPod many years ago.
RIP IZ.
Great pics too, difficult to catch rainbows with a camera as I understand it.
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09-03-2013, 08:53 AM
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Among other names, Hawaii is called the land of rainbows. I'm guessing that (if it were your goal in life) you could find a rainbow in the islands nearly every day. You'd just have to travel around a bit to do it. Not the worst ER goal I've heard of, heh, heh.
We see rainbows almost weekly and we don't go looking. Sounds like a very rainy place, but in most areas, it isn't. Much of our rain forms differently than much of mainland rain (direct condensation to a "mist" rather than melted ice crystals). This seems to be conducive to rainbow formation, even when there isn't much (if any) rain!! Nice!
We often see the double rainbows and, IIRC, a triple is possible. A rainbow from the air can be especially spectacular (it forms a perfect circle under the right conditions.) I have dozens of rainbow pics from our lanai, but won't post. You will all have to come see them for yourselves. Aloha 
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