Rainbow over Kelpies

Two stunning horseheads, The Kelpies, in Falkirk, Scotland are arched by an equally stunning rainbow.

What lies at the end of the rainbow?

What lies at the end of the rainbow?

It’s meant to be a pot of gold, but in this case it’s the Sydney Opera House.

I guess it’s a pot of gold in its own way, but at least it is one that is attainable.

Messines Ridge, Belguim

These former battlefields from the first World War, around Messines Ridge in Belgium, are now used for agriculture, and occasionally enjoy the most wonderful rainbows.

Rainbow over Niagara

If you look for the pot of gold at the end of this rainbow make sure you know what end to look.

Rainbow through Skytree

Tokyo Skytree is the one of the world’s tallest structures, and after a recent typhoon it was bathed in the brightest of rainbows.

Dorset rainbow

Found this stunning rainbow over a village in Dorset in the south of England. I don’t know who took the photo but its a beauty.

Victoria Falls rainbow

This must be one of the most spectacular sights on the planet. This is the Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Asu Island, surf rainbow

Surfing is popular just off the coast of Asu Island in Sumatra, Indonesia, and when you can surf through a rainbow it is even better.

Newton’s rainbow

 

An illustration of Newton's famous experiment

The great scientist Sir Isaac Newton did not invent rainbows. But he did discover that white light consists on many colors, and can be split using a prism.

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• 5 Amazing Lessons from Sir Isaac Newton (dumblittleman.com)

George Seurat & Bridget Riley

 

by George Seurat

by Bridget Riley

These are two very famous paintings.

One of them is known as abstract art.

Related Articles

• Bridget Riley biography (telegraph.co.uk)

Horizontal rainbow

No arc en ciel here

There are no tricks here. This is a horizontal rainbow I saw in Izu a few weeks ago.

And it was not raining, and I was facing the sun.

Amazing rainbow

Upside down rainbow

Most rainbows are shaped like a bridge in the sky, but this rainbow that I saw in Izu last month is the wrong way round.

I have no idea how this rainbow was formed (it was not raining at the time).

Double rainbow

A hole in one!

I like rainbows. This photo is taken from somewhere on the net. It looks too good to be true!

Rainbow after a typhoon

Rainbow across Mariko River in Shizuoka city

There was a huge typhoon which swept across Japan yesterday, and it left behind this beautiful rainbow, which was much lower and thicker than usual.

And here it is again

We don’t often get rainbows with green hills as a backdrop.