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Amazing double rainbow Seen over Spingfield MO just after a deadly tornado Rips through Joplin.
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Nothing whatsoever unusual about that. It is extremely common for double rainbows to exhibit such a phenomenon; I've seen it happen all the time. The "dull grey" is in fact the red part of the spectrum extended between the primary and secondary rainbows -- you can even see the outer band of the primary rainbow on the left, which is red, and the inner band of the secondary, fainter rainbow on the right, which is also red (since the secondary rainbow always has colours in the reverse sequence to the first one). Thus you get a continuous red part of the spectrum between the two rainbows. It only appears "dull grey" (it's not actually grey, but a red tint if you look carefully) between the rainbows because the red light is so faint that the darker clouds behind it show through.
Sometimes a spade is just a spade, and there is nothing unusual or mystical or paranormal about it.
Sometimes a spade is just a spade, and there is nothing unusual or mystical or paranormal about it.
@Third_Density_Learner
Wow. You're right about the dark band being a common effect with double rainbows. I'd never seen it before, but Google has lots of images to pick from.
Your explanation didn't quite add up, though, since even low band red would automatically imply luminosity rather than the observed *lack* of luminosity. But science (and more Google) to the rescue! —Apparently it's a well-understood phenomenon which even has its own name; It's called, "Alexander's Dark Band". The water droplets filling the air cause the whole effect, reflecting/refracting light back at the viewer. Due to the angles of light rays, the sky *below* the bow gets extra illumination as a hazy white, while the sky *above* the primary bow falls outside the refractive range, and doesn't have any light bouncing back from mist at all; so no extra illumination.
The secondary, upper rainbow, is the result of a double-refraction, (light bouncing twice within the raindrop rather than once), and the area of the sky *above* it also gets an extra small kick of general illumination. But between the two bows, no light at all is bounced back from the water droplets. The dark band is exactly that, a band of no light.
But you're right. Not mystical or paranormal.
Though. . , even a 4D UFO is 'normal' in a very real sense. And the way our universe is set up, even a slice of toast carries metaphoric meaning if we have insight enough to connect the dots surrounding it, (osit).
Some dots are bigger and more in our faces than others.
Wow. You're right about the dark band being a common effect with double rainbows. I'd never seen it before, but Google has lots of images to pick from.
Your explanation didn't quite add up, though, since even low band red would automatically imply luminosity rather than the observed *lack* of luminosity. But science (and more Google) to the rescue! —Apparently it's a well-understood phenomenon which even has its own name; It's called, "Alexander's Dark Band". The water droplets filling the air cause the whole effect, reflecting/refracting light back at the viewer. Due to the angles of light rays, the sky *below* the bow gets extra illumination as a hazy white, while the sky *above* the primary bow falls outside the refractive range, and doesn't have any light bouncing back from mist at all; so no extra illumination.
The secondary, upper rainbow, is the result of a double-refraction, (light bouncing twice within the raindrop rather than once), and the area of the sky *above* it also gets an extra small kick of general illumination. But between the two bows, no light at all is bounced back from the water droplets. The dark band is exactly that, a band of no light.
But you're right. Not mystical or paranormal.
Though. . , even a 4D UFO is 'normal' in a very real sense. And the way our universe is set up, even a slice of toast carries metaphoric meaning if we have insight enough to connect the dots surrounding it, (osit).
Some dots are bigger and more in our faces than others.
Careful. (Especially if you're going to use snarky terms like, "so called" in your comment).
I took a screen-capture at 5 seconds in, imported it into a graphics program, converted to gray-scale and took pixel samples above and below the thin color arc at various points. Below the arc it's around 30-40% grey, and within the dark zone, it's around 50-60% grey. Not an illusion, (at least not of the type you are referring to).
fwiw, because I'm a double-checking bastard, I also ran your example graphic through the same test. (Actually I did this when I first came across it some months ago). And sure enough in that case, the grey levels are the same both inside and outside the shaded area. It's a sweet little illusion. :-)
So, yes, the senses can be fooled, but that's a *terrible* reason to write off all human observations. In fact, I think one of the most effective ways the PTB has managed to shut down so many otherwise intelligent people has been to teach them to distrust their own senses and instincts.
Question: Did you perform any tests before commenting or did you automatically trust Official Culture?
I took a screen-capture at 5 seconds in, imported it into a graphics program, converted to gray-scale and took pixel samples above and below the thin color arc at various points. Below the arc it's around 30-40% grey, and within the dark zone, it's around 50-60% grey. Not an illusion, (at least not of the type you are referring to).
fwiw, because I'm a double-checking bastard, I also ran your example graphic through the same test. (Actually I did this when I first came across it some months ago). And sure enough in that case, the grey levels are the same both inside and outside the shaded area. It's a sweet little illusion. :-)
So, yes, the senses can be fooled, but that's a *terrible* reason to write off all human observations. In fact, I think one of the most effective ways the PTB has managed to shut down so many otherwise intelligent people has been to teach them to distrust their own senses and instincts.
Question: Did you perform any tests before commenting or did you automatically trust Official Culture?
Is it strange that out of 800+ comments on this YouTube video, nobody seems to have noticed or mentioned the fact that this rainbow appears to be composed of about 80% dull grey which is somehow *darker* than the surrounding sky?
How is that even possible? A rainbow which features a vast arc of *absence of light*? That sounds like something from a Lord of the Rings inspired bad fantasy novel. Maybe it's just a camera effect. . , but sheesh. Nobody is even discussing it!
Instead, those who even paused to comment on the rainbow itself, (rather than engage in the rabid religious flame war ensuing), are saying things like, "Wow! Beautiful"
Seriously? A Grey-Bow is a thing of beauty? Seems rather like nature dressing for a funeral to me.