Friday 25 November 2016

FRIDAY'S HUNT and WEEKEND REFLECTIONS

While I was VISITING the Isle of Wight, I saw this VIBRANT double rainbow having the VARIOUS colours lighting up the late evening sky but  I could not get back far enough to shoot both complete rainbows at same time.  However it is VERY timely for this post today to fit in with Friday’s Hunt and Weekend Reflections as the letter is V, Favourite and Thankful. 


Newton, who admitted his eyes were not very critical in distinguishing colours, originally (1672) divided the spectrum into five main colours: red, yellow, green, blue and VIOLET. Later he included orange and indigo, giving seven main colours by analogy to the number of notes in a musical scale.You can see part of the REFLECTION of the rainbow in this shot below.


There is an easy way to remember them (a mnemonic):
- Richard Of York Gave Battle In VAIN

These colours are the "VISIBLE" part of the sun's radiation. But there are many other parts that are not VISIBLE to the human eye. For example:
- immediately below red is "infraRED"

- immediately beyond violet is "ultraVIOLET" (UV)


 I am VERY THANKFUL that God in Genesis 9 v 17 gave Noah and us this promise.


Then God told Noah and his sons, “I solemnly promise you and your children and the animals you brought with you—all these birds and cattle and wild animals—that I will never again send another flood to destroy the earth.  And I seal this promise with this sign: I have placed my rainbow in the clouds as a sign of my promise until the end of time, to you and to all the earth.  When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will be seen in the clouds, and I will remember my promise to you and to every being, that never again will the floods come and destroy all life.  For I will see the rainbow in the cloud and remember my eternal promise to every living being on the earth.”  



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21 comments:

  1. The double rainbow is amazing. The colors in the sky are fantastic as well.

    Mersad
    Mersad Donko Photography

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  2. Beautiful rainbow & even more wonderful is Gods promise! We always sing that wee chorus, "Whenever you see a rainbow, remember God is Love,"

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  3. Beautiful photos and rainbow :) Have a good weekend.

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  4. What a perfectly captured rainbow. Yes, God is indeed faithful and the rainbow reminds us of this. Have a great weekend. Jo

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  5. Lovely rainbows! Glad you captured them for us to see.

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  6. It is so rare to see a double rainbow, and you captured it wonderfully in your photos.

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  7. What a wonderful surprise!! So beautiful! I did not know this about Newton, so I also learned something today!

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  8. wow, what an amazing sighting!!!

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  9. I must confess that I'd prefer another flood to some of the other things we've dreamed up. Lovely capture of the beautiful rainbow!

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  11. Nice rainbow and very nice pictures of it, Margaret. I have a few rainbow pictures on my blog too. Thank you for the reading of God and Noah, it is nice to have that reminder. Rainbows generally remind me.
    You probably know that dogs can't see colors, they only have two receptors in their eyes while humans have three to detect the Color Spectrum of light. Quite a few birds can see Ultra Violet as those that do have four receptors.
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  12. Beautiful! I appreciate the information too.

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  13. Such a beautiful rainbow - it was indeed very vibrant. I do love atmospheric phenomena, even though I don't see exciting examples very often. Sun dogs are another phenom that I try to capture when I see them.

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  14. Fantastic capture. Amazing rainbows.

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  15. Awesome photos of the rainbows. That's amazing lighting.

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  16. The rainbow is amazing! Very beautiful. Thanks for joining Friday's Hunt. Have a good week!

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