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[–] 68 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Is the cross section of a cone not a circle, or semi circle in this case since we only see part of the "cone"?

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Right, your point is taken but the point is more to explain the full portion of the rainbow. Not just the section you see.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    Every person sees a rainbow in a different location because rainbows are an optical phenomenon not a real object - in that sense rainbows are occupying the entire space, not just a cone even. The expansion is dumb.

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  • [–] 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The pot of gold was inside us the whole time

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I like how in the first image that guy is in an ‘absolutely pissed about it’ stance

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Then why are we not calling it a raincone? 🤔

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Even if it was a semi-circle, why would we call it a bow? It doesn't look like a bow for archery, a bow for music, or a bow for fashion. 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    My old apartment used to be set up in just such a way that after a midday shower, you would see a small Brocken Spectre’s centered around each of your eyes when you looked in the mirror. It was honestly kind of terrifying. The first time I noticed it, I wondered if I’d finally lost it.
    Glowing circles around your black eyes in a fogged mirror.

    I think that means I have the opposite of a pot of gold in me.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    But why is it at that distance specifically? Can I get closer to a rainbow and see it become bigger? Why is there a 42° angle in the picture?

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    That's the angle at which light is reflected by water droplets. The drawing is incorrect in that the cone is horizontal while the light appears to come from a higher angle. The cone is always directly opposite to the direction of the light source. Here's a better drawing, with more reading about what exactly is going on.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    My treasure is lifelong depression. Yay.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Look look! 42

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    I like being gay on the inside. It's really the only place I'm allowed to be gay.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That sounds like something a leprechaun would say...

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Now I need this for sun dogs.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Shit, that's neat.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Why does it appear at the distance that it does?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Once i was driving a rig through ohio eastbound and seen a rainbow ahead, and they're hard to predict with the untrained eye, but i said to myself, fuckin hilarious if i hit the end of the rainbow a couple miles west of Columbus.

    And that is where i personally saw the end of a rainbow, like that spectral vision dropped into the middle of I-70, where traffic was fucked from collisions because people were you know

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    If everyone is special, then no one is.

    A rainbow is a participation award.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Awww, this just made all of the horrible things in the world disappear!

    Nah, it didn't.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Interesting choice, including the 3rd order rainbow in the middle picture there...

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