Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Fire Rainbow

4/4/2007
Students will learn about
(EOAS1) weather and clouds
(EOAS2) spectrum
(EOAS3) how light is refracted (bent) by substances and creats different colors


This is truly a phenomenon of ice not fire. But it does deal with light.

June 19, 2006—It looks like a rainbow that's been set on fire, but this phenomenon is as cold as ice.
Known in the weather world as a circumhorizontal arc, this rare sight was caught on film on June 3 as it hung over northern Idaho near the Washington State border