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The Environment / Re: Is it possible to reach the end of a rainbow?
« on: 09/10/2014 03:11:19 »
I remember having had a very interesting experience a number of years ago that was similar to JRmooney56's description. It was in New York, late afternoon in the fall, and I had been raking leaves in my yard when I noticed that the end of a rainbow was approaching me from the east. I stopped raking to watch what happened because I had always been under the belief that it was not possible to ever be in the end of a rainbow as it was a type of optical illusion or effect that could not be witnessed first hand. As it came closer, the yellow became brighter and the other colors faded. When it was on top of me, yes on top of me, it was as if a yellow beam of light was shining so brightly on top of me that it was possible to see the sparkles of reflection in the small particulates that were in the air around me. I believe that this effect is the basis for the mythical gold at the end of the rainbow, because they indeed looked like specs of gold. Perhaps it might be interesting rather than to disprove that people can be in the end of rainbows, to consider how this might be possible. I expect that with the increasing prevalence of wearable video technology, that it only a matter of time before this rare weather occurrence will get posted to YouTube.