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Picture of a Rare Upside-Down Rainbow

sfgate.com — This circumzenithal arc, photographed in Concord, looks like an upside-down rainbow but is formed differently. Photo

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  • econoar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+71http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/02/23/mn_color_smile.jpg

    Link to the image explaining how this occurs.
    • fiftyeggs, on 10/12/2007, -6/+64Now my life is complete.

      Digg needs a picture section.
    • myFriendDerrik, on 10/12/2007, -29/+8http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/

      Link to the program explaining how this occurs.
    • unlimitedorb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Upside down Rainbow? That is a bad omen. Look for all hell to break loose in the next 666 minutes.

      The last time this happened, all hell didn't break loose because the rainbow's negative energy was not strong enough, but this one looks like it has potential!
    • postaboy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+52Only in San Francisco can a rainbow be even gayer than usual
    • Disclaimer, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4Opposite day already?

      /digg me down
    • VaporBro, on 10/26/2007, -3/+7HOLY ***** AND UPSIDE DOWN RAInbo...oh wait my laptop was just upside down. False alarm.
    • Junkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The sky is smiling at me.
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    • JoCliMe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This is hilarious, my old english teacher used to say that the rainbow (being God's symbol to never again flood the earth) is because it is in the shape of a bow pointing upward. He also used to say that if we ever saw a rainbow upside down we'd all be in trouble, of course he was joking, but little did he know...
    • counterstriker, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2@disease
      Do you hope other people can see that because you are doing that as hard as you can?
    • plugues, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7what digg needs:

      1) less rainbow photographs
      2) more pictures of unicorns
    • xgunterx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now the Care Bears surely knows how it feels like to have an hangover.
  • eurofooty, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38So where's ya leprachaun, then?
  • demonsofgoetia, on 10/12/2007, -10/+7"I'll not rest till I have me gold. Curse this well that me soul shall dwell, till I find me magic that breaks me spell."
    - Leprechaun (1993) http://imdb.com/title/tt0107387/quotes
  • Mc_Carter, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21Leprechaun Back 2 Tha Hood what a sequel.
    • DAppammattoxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you sure that wasnt sister act 2: back in the habit?
  • expert01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Go out on a hot sunny day and grab your hose. Turn the handle on mist and move it in a circle in front of you. The rainbow is a 360 degree effect, but we can only see part of it at a time (normally).
  • kuek1991, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4So there's no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? :(
    • 0crabby0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No gold, just dirty Leprechaun laundry...
  • ursername180, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Somewhere, UNDER the rainbow?
  • MadOtaku, on 10/12/2007, -1/+77Good. I'm sick of all these grumpy refractions.
    • MaiSacNjoMouf, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Oh come on, why digg him down, at least it's funny.....

      EDIT: Now that I post this, his comment went from -1 to +2 (not including the digg I gave him) so never mind...
  • MaiSacNjoMouf, on 10/12/2007, -13/+6lol, all the pot of gold comments....

    Funny thing is that the whole leprechaun thing isn't any harder to believe than the whole crap about no more floods promise made by "God"
  • jubilee123, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40i'd rather look at boobs
  • anomalya, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8i rather look at longcat
    http://lol.bz/js/longcat/
    • bart9h, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2are u trying to break my machine, or what?
  • heiesuke, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1That was Photoshopped.


    Of course I'm joking, I agree with jubilee123.
  • wisam, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2In case anyone wonders, it's 71,400 pixels wide.

    119 jpgs each has a resolution of 600*450
  • RedDogPaPi, on 10/12/2007, -18/+2Nice Link.

    "This looks like a rainbow, but its different"

    Real f*%cking informative.

    Buried for being Lame.
  • majorbabu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8We should have a "***** up Rainbow n clouds and ***** of the week" section.
  • Bull3t, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2More proof that Digg needs a picture section. That has made my day...
  • TiggyThaiMein, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have an ultra rare, extremely valuable UPSIDE DOWN printed US One Dollar Bill. There is only about 2 or 3 printed in existence!!! I will sell it to the first responder for $1.01.
    • MeekoTheRaccoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd pay 1.01 if you will send it to me over night.

      (I lose a penny, You get screwed for postage.)
  • kennyGS13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5yay! the sky is happy!
  • thegenome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3lol... i thought it meant concord the plane *bangs head on table* ... i was wondering why it was on the ground :(
  • Managore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14This photo is clearly upside down and the trees are being held upside down in the air by helicopters.
    • stevefl209, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Black helicopters. It's a conspiracy to mislead the public, and somehow, someway, will justify going to war with Iran.
  • seannj30, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0i looked at the website- its for san francisco lol
    but that is really kool
  • DangerousDave86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I thought that all rainbows had a mirrored version above them, just not usually very visible. This is just the opposite.
    Or perhaps what I know is two 360 rainbows next to each other *shrug
  • Sethwm2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I know that this is real but it kind of looks like the picture was flipped
  • betona, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've seen rainbows in a complete circle a couple times while flying.

    /multiengine, instrument-rated pilot
  • d2leo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I always thought raindbows never actually ended. On of my science teachers explained that they simply stopped because from the ground, that was the lowest they would go.

    He show several pictures of rainbows from high mountains and they were 100% circular.
  • pyite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Neato.

    I saw a rainbow once in Park City, UT that was a complete circle (actually it was sort of elliptical).

    I have no idea how that happened, but I sure wish I had my camera handy that day.
  • PRocker267, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1'Tis a sad sad day for the gay community...
  • vornan19, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
    And what's on the other side.
    Rainbows are visions
    But only illusions
    Rainbows have nothing to hide

    So we've been taught and some choose to believe it
    I know they're wrong, wait and see

    Someday we'll find it
    The rainbow connection
    The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

    Thank you, you've been a wonderful crowd.
    Vornan19
  • scjones, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2This is the gayest post EVER. And I'm not talking about vornan19 who by the way comes in 2nd. G A Y.
    • vornan19, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's nice of you, scjones, to reveal that you don't know that it's a song. Or that it has been covered by many 'people' Like Sarah McLaughlin and Kermit the frog. Or that you think it's gay.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubQfKYFOPc
      Why do you use gay as an insult? Can you say 'closet'?

      Such a person of hetero-manly quality, as yourself, is rare. Were you born fully grown? Yeah, sue me for liking some things that were around when I was a child. I've no shame on that account.

      Have a happy non-gay day, scjones!
    • tsuki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This guy is really insecure with his sexuality.
  • reboare, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3so why are you calling it a rainbow when its a It's a Circumzenithal arc, and not a rainbow?

    http://www.atoptics.co.uk/rainbows/notabow.htm
  • schoate09, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Pics or it didn't happen.
  • counterstriker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wouldn't have believed the picture if the other picture did not explain how an upsidedown rainbow forms
  • brnews, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This being top digg is just gay..
  • yahwehagape, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Rainbows are actually full circles, we usually can only see the top half.
    If you don't believe me, go outside on a really sunny day, set your hose to "mist" (if you have that setting), then spread the misty water around to reveal the entire circle. It's sweet.
  • Celt23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That picture was photoshopped.

    No, that's just a really cool looking rainbow made by hexagonal ice crystals.
  • RIPtechtv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wanting to be a meteorologist all my life and reading serveral books and such I have never herd of this. Its very cool.
  • ryderstep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The rainbow is NOT upside down, the trees are obviously growing out of the sky.
  • rulitonga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Another beautiful photograph of a rainbow: http://world-destinations.blogspot.com/2007/03/traful-argentina.html
  • delriaan, on 07/14/2008, -0/+0That's about the coolest thing I've seen all week!
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