Double Rainbow?! This is a Triple Rainbow!! [Post some awesome weather/nature photos]

[destrekor]

OMG What does it mean?!! :'(


[edit: This thread is now about awesome weather and nature photos. Post what you got.]

 

[her209]

Triple Rainbows stand no chance against a Fire Tornado

 

[Cogman]

 

[Nik]

fire > rainbows

but 3 rainbows is pretty cool

 

[destrekor]

fire > rainbows

but 3 rainbows is pretty cool

Definitely.

Fire is awesome. I'm a huge fire bug, anything that revolves around fire of some sort I absolutely love watching.

Fire tornadoes are just crazy awesome.

Personally my favorite atmospheric interaction with fire (a type of fire... sort of?), is the lightning induced by charged particles bouncing around in the ash clouds during a volcanic eruption. Probably the most awesome thing, something I'd love to see in person.

 

[Jeff7]

Definitely.

Fire is awesome. I'm a huge fire bug, anything that revolves around fire of some sort I absolutely love watching.

Fire tornadoes are just crazy awesome.

Personally my favorite atmospheric interaction with fire (a type of fire... sort of?), is the lightning induced by charged particles bouncing around in the ash clouds during a volcanic eruption. Probably the most awesome thing, something I'd love to see in person.

That right there is probably the source of all kinds of ancient myths, and likely mass sacrifices too.

"....holy shit, the gods are really pissed off now!"

 

[Nik]

That lightning storm is truly awesome.

 

[destrekor]

That right there is probably the source of all kinds of ancient myths, and likely mass sacrifices too.

"....holy shit, the gods are really pissed off now!"

Definitely - many ancient civilizations had volcanoes nearby, and you can see stories that reference the heavens when describing major eruptions, dating back for thousands of years.

 

[Nik]

Breaking News!: people are stupid.

 

[DrPizza]

I've seen a triple rainbow once, and it didn't look like the picture in the OP. I'm trying to figure out if the picture in the OP is physically possible.

 

[Nik]

Light can refract from different angles, ya know. I've seen dual rainbows that weren't congruent. Why wouldn't this be possible?

 

[destrekor]

I've seen a triple rainbow once, and it didn't look like the picture in the OP. I'm trying to figure out if the picture in the OP is physically possible.

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/rainbows/reflect.htm

 

[DrPizza]

Thanks, destrekor. I didn't even notice the water in the foreground in the first place in the picture in the OP.

Is that your picture? Or something that someone else took? And, to see an actual triple rainbow (without a reflection) - absolutely amazing. I was driving down the highway and stopped when I saw it.

 

[destrekor]

Thanks, destrekor. I didn't even notice the water in the foreground in the first place in the picture in the OP.

Is that your picture? Or something that someone else took? And, to see an actual triple rainbow (without a reflection) - absolutely amazing. I was driving down the highway and stopped when I saw it.

Heh, I didn't even notice that water either. Just now saw it.

And no, I just stumbled on it. Interestingly enough, saw it on spaceweather.com.
more
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/rainbows/bowim19.htmhere
lots of 'em

 

[Wyndru]

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/03/extreme-weather.html

 

[destrekor]

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/03/extreme-weather.html

That's... a lot of snow! Damn, glad we don't get that much up here. I'll keep it in mind next time I complain about a foot of snow.

 

[Tim]

Breaking News!: people are stupid.

In other news, Nik is also one of us.

 

[dawp]

I prefer the off world stuff

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/animation/PIA07253

 

[dawp]

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/03/extreme-weather.html

I can waist hours upon hours on that site.

 

[Ichinisan]

Triple rainbow?!

*stoner head ashplode

 

[WelshBloke]

Yay, I think the tornadoes going to miss uBZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!

 

[moshquerade]

 

[DangerAardvark]

Oh shit.

 

[WelshBloke]

Definitely.

Fire is awesome. I'm a huge fire bug, anything that revolves around fire of some sort I absolutely love watching.

Fire tornadoes are just crazy awesome.

Wow, I'd never even heard of these before

 

[Fritzo]

The Giant Red Spot on Jupiter is a hurricane like storm that has winds blowing at 400MPH and is larger than 3 Earths put together:

BEAT THAT!!