A couple of months ago I recieved lots of answers telling me that its impossible to be at the 'end of a rainbow'. I accepted all answers withgood grace. However, I recieved an e-mail from someone who, with her mother on holiday in Turkey, had the same experience as me and for the last ten years had not been believed and was relieved when she saw my question. Are you sure we didn't see what we say we saw?
2007-01-28 10:22:54 · 8 answers · asked by ineedtoknow 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I answered your question the first time! Under what conditions could you have seen what you saw? I can't be sure, but if the droplest were localised and very near eg a waterfall or if the sun was in a particular position (maybe high up), perhaps it is possible.
2007-01-28 10:49:57 · answer #1 · answered by Richard T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you were tripping out on some dodgy retsina or something.
Rainbows don't have ends, they're circles (or arcs of circles) at a constant angle of 42° from the eye of the observer. So the rainbow is in a different place for each observer.
If the raindrops are quite close to you then the rainbow will appear quite close and you will probably see a much wider arc. Sometimes, with very fine rain or waterfall mist, you get to see the whole circle.
Cheers.
2007-01-28 20:38:53 · answer #2 · answered by chopchubes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 5 years ago I was fishing in the Sacramento Delta in California, after a large downpour of rain passed by the sky cleared. When the sun came out I noticed rainbow across the valley, so I walked up the hill from the river bank to get a better look. To my surprise the air,the light, everything seemed to sparkle with light and color. Everything seem to shine and. shimmer. That's all an understatement because I really can't describe it. I was surrounded by the rainbow, looking up into the rainbow. I tried to get my fishing buddy to come up and see what I was seeing, to experience what I was but he thought I was joking. With the euphoric feeling I had, I really didn't care if he came up or not. I felt like my life changed at that moment. Nobody believes I was at the in of a rainbow but I have no doubt. I would really like to hear what happened you. Anthony
2007-01-30 18:02:40 · answer #3 · answered by tonemc007 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I am the lady that was at the end of the rainbow in Turkey. Yes it is possible. I WAS there and wondered for years if anyone else had experienced the same thing. I was very happy to find this question on here. I had to email this question to my friends and family because they kinda wondered about me.LOL
Looks like we might have a third member of our at the end of the rainbow club ineedtoknow.
Thanks very much!!!!
Doesn't matter what everyone else thinks because WE KNOW!!
2007-01-31 12:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by Elizabeth v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you call the 'end', or being at it. Driving from Walnut Creek to Oakland, two years ago, a sparkling rain, even tho sunny out, a bright rainbow. We drove along, and after a turn, the "end of the rainbow", the prism reflected in the rain, hovered in the air for just a moment, between the front of our car, and the back of the one in front, disappearing as the angle changed: we drove through where it had been.
Close enough for me, I felt i had been at the "end of a rainbow". No pot of gold, sadly.
2007-01-28 17:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by jongilra 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, if you were at a high enough altitude to see a complete rainbow, it would be a full circle, and therefore, doesn't have an "end". A rainbow is only a reflection of light and is not a physical object.
2007-01-28 12:13:11 · answer #6 · answered by crazydave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it depends on what uses. Try http://www.astro.edu/
2007-01-28 11:21:24 · answer #7 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends what you saw
Probably an optical illusion
2007-01-28 10:33:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋