Rainbow Over Seagrave

June 2017  :  Francine Jackson

At one of our recent workshops, mine, in fact, we were witness to one of Nature's most beautiful sights: A rainbow. And, not only the incredible primary set of colors, but a secondary, where the normal grouping of color is reversed.

As many of us are aware of how a rainbow is created, by light passing through a droplet of water and having some of the light reflected off the back and some of it is refracted, we'll just remind you that, to see one, all we have to remember is two things: The Sun has to be shining, and it must be raining at least a little bit, so go outside and get wet, turn your back to the Sun, and hopefully you'll be seeing one of Nature's most incredible phenomena.

One of the more unusual features of observing a rainbow is that no two people see the same one. Each person, standing at just a slightly different position, sees it differently; but, it doesn't matter, as the results are the same.

Fortunately, that evening, several (hundred) images of it were taken by several of our members, as it was visible for us for quite some time.

In addition to being an absolutely beautiful part of our sky, it is written that the rainbow has a major significance: According to the Bible, a rainbow is a reminder to us that the world was destroyed by water once already. It will not happen again. Although the rain we've been experiencing recently does seem rather excessive, we can, by observing rainbows, remind ourselves that the watery inconvenience is only temporary. Enjoy their beauty.