tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post6304654826137521673..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: The Science of RainbowsJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-36755646885977519522008-09-21T12:38:00.000-04:002008-09-21T12:38:00.000-04:00The Rainbow Sphere seems to actually be round bubb...The Rainbow Sphere seems to actually be round bubble a real all round ball of energy that center is below the ground and comes in several sizes one within the other, such violent spheres can cause burst of energy when in smaller sizes of 3-5 meters wide [this is very rare]. It seems we see it under such nice rainy conitions. <BR/><BR/><BR/>is it related to this, on a small human scale?<BR/><BR/>http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/1998/98-075.txtAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10951640919867763160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-33270732161300887622008-09-15T15:38:00.000-04:002008-09-15T15:38:00.000-04:00Many of the Bible prophets used the image of the r...Many of the Bible prophets used the image of the rainbow to describe the appearance of God:<BR/><BR/>Ezekiel 1:28<BR/><BR/>Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.<BR/><BR/>Revelation 4:3<BR/><BR/>And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne.<BR/>Revelation 4:2-4Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423051076809524563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-88678202837330869122008-09-14T17:32:00.000-04:002008-09-14T17:32:00.000-04:00I too would love to see a circular rainbow. If I r...I too would love to see a circular rainbow. If I recall, all rainbows are technically circular, it's just that most are seen from the ground and the rest of the arc is blocked. It'd still be cool to see.Michelle Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464453493835761594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-88448273666336220142008-09-14T17:23:00.000-04:002008-09-14T17:23:00.000-04:00Hey, that picture of Jim Gurney with the rainbow r...Hey, that picture of Jim Gurney with the rainbow reminds me of the song from Willie Wonka:<BR/><BR/>"Who can take a rainbow<BR/>Wrap it is a sigh<BR/>Soak it in the sun<BR/>and make a strawberry lemon pie?<BR/>The Candy Man can"<BR/><BR/>I think if Wordsworth were to see South Park he would promptly die of a coronary on the spot!<BR/><BR/>I used that quote in my master's thesis. I tried to trace the "anti-visual" sentiment that led to the "anti-comics" movement.<BR/><BR/>I would love to see a circular rainbow. As scientific as rainbows are, it is still something of a miracle to me when I see one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423051076809524563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-91267136933893198792008-09-14T09:38:00.000-04:002008-09-14T09:38:00.000-04:00I once saw, from a jet at 33,000 feet, a perfectly...I once saw, from a jet at 33,000 feet, a perfectly circular and perfectly complete rainbox below me. Awesome.Michael Chesley Johnson, Artist / Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17003530955203751138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-18955591254548840512008-09-14T08:42:00.000-04:002008-09-14T08:42:00.000-04:00Andy, thanks for that quote. I love Wordsworth's p...Andy, thanks for that quote. I love Wordsworth's poetry, but I had never heard of this opinion. What would he think of South Park?<BR/><BR/>Murat, the shape and location of the arc of the rainbow is defined in terms of the observer. All raindrops are sending light in all directions, but you only see the light from the ones that are 42 degrees from the antisolar point. Maybe someone else can explain it better.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-4213009588626162062008-09-14T06:59:00.000-04:002008-09-14T06:59:00.000-04:00I haven't quite understood (or really grasped weth...I haven't quite understood (or really grasped wether it was explained in your text at all, lol) why the rainbow is a bow, actually. I mean, I get the concept of breakin light up, but why isn't the rainbow a "rainbeam"?<BR/><BR/>Where does its form come from?<BR/><BR/>Does anyone know?Murat Kayihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17984442034254712714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-61622399119899344482008-09-14T06:19:00.000-04:002008-09-14T06:19:00.000-04:00Wordsworth was quite the killjoy. Of the growing t...Wordsworth was quite the killjoy. Of the growing trend of including illustrations in newspapers and magazines. The "intellectual elite" was disturbed by the growing propensity of illustrations in reading material and saw it as evidence of societal decay. Wordsworth wrote:<BR/><BR/>“Now prose and verse sunk into disrepute<BR/>Must lacquey a dumb Art that best can suit<BR/>The taste of this once-intellectual Land.<BR/>A backward movement surely have we here,<BR/>From manhood, -- back to childhood; for the age –<BR/>Avaunt this vile abuse of pictured page!<BR/>Must eyes be all in all, the tongue and ear?<BR/>Nothing? Heaven keep us from a lower stage!” <BR/>(Wordsworth, quoted in Heer & Worcester, 2004, page vii).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423051076809524563noreply@blogger.com