Explanation: Yes,
but can your rainbow do this? After the remnants of Hurricane
Florence passed over the Jersey Shore, New
Jersey, USA last
month, the
Sun came out in one direction but something quite unusual
appeared in the opposite direction: a hall of rainbows.
Over the course of a next half hour, to the delight of the
photographer and his daughter, vibrant supernumerary
rainbows faded in and out, with at least five
captured in this featured single shot. Supernumerary
rainbows only form when falling water
droplets are all nearly the same size and typically less
than a millimeter across. Then, sunlight will not
only reflect from inside the raindrops, but interfere,
a wave phenomenon similar to ripples
on a pond when a stone is thrown in. In fact, supernumerary
rainbows can only be
explained with waves, and their noted existence in the early 1800s
was considered early evidence of light's
wave nature.
Today,
I saw this picture once again and thought about how much I liked it,
so, I went back to the NASA site and downloaded the explanation and
this was fascinating. And I thought about the origin of rainbows in
the Bible and here it is…
Genesis
9 ( The Apostle’s Bible )
[8] And
God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, [9] Behold,
I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after
you, [10] and
with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with
all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all
that came out of the ark. [11] And
I will establish My covenant with you: never again shall all flesh
die by the water of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood
of water to destroy all the earth. [12] And
the Lord God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I
set between Me and you, and between every living creature which is
with you for perpetual generations. [13] I
set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant
between Me and the earth. [14] And
it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that My rainbow
shall be seen in the cloud. [15] And
I shall remember My covenant, which is between Me and you, and
between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be
water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh. [16] And
My rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the
everlasting covenant between Me and the earth, and between every
living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth. [17] And
God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant, which I have made
between Me and all flesh, which is upon the earth.
The
flood was God’s method of destroying all life on earth because
mankind had become so evil that all but a few (Noah and his family)
had to be destroyed. I love looking at rainbows because they remind
me of God’s promise to never destroy the earth this way again. This
rainbow is of particular interest because its ripple effect is a
reminder that God’s promise is reflected down through the ages.
Also,it
reminds
me
of the old TV show “The days of our lives”. In its introduction,
MacDonald Carey said”“Like
sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” Our
lives may be fleeting, bu God’s promises are forever!
PS.
Here is another one, that is even more dramatic!
