A Conversation for Rainbow
The most beautiful thing in the world
purplejenny Started conversation Jul 9, 2001
IMHO, rainbows are indeed the most beautiful thing in the world. Make your own with a spraying hosepipe on a sunny day and smile.
purplejenny
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 9, 2001
YAY!!!
...We need a rainbow smiley...
Hi, purplejenny!!! 
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purplejenny Posted Jul 9, 2001
Hiya!
we certainly do need a rainbow smiley, but there is at least a picture
although, i have just been watching the sunrise and wonder if that might be the most beautiful thing...
pj
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 9, 2001
Herrrmm.... SO many beautiful things around us... YAY!!! Aren't we lucky!??
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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Aug 8, 2001
I wonder if it's possible to view a rainbow and a sunrise/sunset at the same time 
...
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purplejenny Posted Aug 9, 2001
hmmm. Good question, if it were possible that would be very beautiful!
Now then,
You see a rainbow when the sunglight hits the wet air and refracts within each water droplet. This process splits the light out by wavelength into the colours of the visible spectrum. This light bounces back from the raindrops into your eye.
For this bouncing to work for you, I think that the sun always has to be behind you. I've looked at lots of rainbows and I'm *sure* the sun was always on my back. So, afternoon rainbows are to the east, and morning rainbows to the west, and you can't look at the sun and at a rainbow at the same time, since the rainbow is a kind of reflection of the sunlight.
I don't think that you could see a rainbow at dawn or dusk, because the sun, the water droplets and you are at the wrong angle for it to work. Also I don't suppose the sun would be bright enough to refract strongly...
Well, obviously you cant see rainbows in the dark ~ only moonbows then... but 'dawn' and 'dusk' are fairly loosely defined terms. You might be lucky enough to see a tinted sky at dusk with the sun low but still bright and a rainbow to the east. if so, that would probably be the most beautiful thing in the world.
pj
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Aug 10, 2001
Wow.
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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Aug 10, 2001
Of course, one reason against being able to see a rainbow and a sunrise/set at the same time 
--the light's already *been* refracted.
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Aug 11, 2001
right
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Recumbentman Posted Dec 29, 2002
Just put in my 
worth in A908147 Rainbows End.
Tell us what you think 
~Recumbentman
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jan 21, 2003
::applause::
THat's what I think!!! 
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jan 21, 2003
Your welcome.. it's well earned!!!!
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purplejenny Posted Feb 5, 2003
ooh! Thread awake!
I saw a setting sun make a rainbow at the weekend. I was with some pals driving over the Yorkshire Dales. It had been perfect rainbow weather, and we had seen about 8 rainbows that weekend. Late in the day, at 5ish, with the sun very close to the western horizon there was a part rainbow in a low thick cloud to the east.
Stunning.
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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Feb 5, 2003
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Feb 6, 2003
Awww... who can't help but adore a rainbow!???
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purplejenny Posted Feb 25, 2003
It was very close to the military base at Fylingdales, and I was sort of wondering if they were looking...
www.gn.apc.org/cndyorks/ fdales/fdales.gif
www.gn.apc.org/cndyorks/ fdales/fdinfo.htm
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Feb 25, 2003
Awww....
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Researcher 222518 Posted Mar 17, 2003
I DONT KNOW WHETHER IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD AS I HAVE NOT SEEN ALL OF THE WORLD. BUT I DO KNOW HOW TO REMEMBER THE COLOURS. ROY G BIV (YEARS OF PHYSICS)
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Recumbentman Posted Mar 19, 2003
There's a thread about this - Richard Of York Gave Birth in Vienna F20465?thread=57156
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- 4: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 9, 2001)
- 5: Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) (Aug 8, 2001)
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- 7: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Aug 10, 2001)
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