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

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  • MadOtaku, on 10/12/2007, -1/+77Good. I'm sick of all these grumpy refractions.
  • econoar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+70http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/02/23/mn_color_smile.jpg

    Link to the image explaining how this occurs.
  • Cozmcphish, on 10/12/2007, -1/+67Forget the gold, where's the Skittles?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+63Now my life is complete.

    Digg needs a picture section.
  • postaboy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+52Only in San Francisco can a rainbow be even gayer than usual
  • jubilee123, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40i'd rather look at boobs
  • eurofooty, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38So where's ya leprachaun, then?
  • ursername180, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Somewhere, UNDER the rainbow?
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  • j01101010, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20forget the leprachan, wheres the gold?
  • Mc_Carter, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21Leprechaun Back 2 Tha Hood what a sequel.
  • soupnrc, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18The whole God rainbow thing was that he promised not to flood the entire Earth again...
  • 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.
  • jubilee123, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15no one is visiting your ***** box of a page. it's not even tempting to take a look.
  • 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).
  • Four4TeenPaste, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Dugg as lame for not being an AMAZING HDR PHOTO.
  • unlimitedorb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Upside 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!
  • 0crabby0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9The Leprechaun's in Mobile, Alabama


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8
  • SeafoodGumbo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8There was a digg thread about a full circle rainbow a few weeks ago.

    http://digg.com/design/PICTURE_Full_Circle_Rainbow_Really_Cool?cshow=5087550
  • 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...
  • majorbabu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8We should have a "***** up Rainbow n clouds and ***** of the week" section.
  • ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I'd rather grab my hose in private thank you very much.
  • Zukunft, on 10/12/2007, -12/+19Forget the Skittles. Where's me Lucky Charms?
  • DrGonzo1184, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Well, it said PICTURE, but if you did want to find out more, you could click the link on that page, which would take you to a whole article about it...

    http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/23/MNGD7O9UNL1.DTL

    BTW; you are buried for being lame.
  • plugues, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7what digg needs:

    1) less rainbow photographs
    2) more pictures of unicorns
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8i rather look at longcat
    http://lol.bz/js/longcat/
  • DrGonzo1184, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10"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""

    The thing is, no one here is seriously going to try and argue that leprechauns actually exist...
  • Junkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The sky is smiling at me.
  • Tolzmaniac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@DrGonzo1184:
    Hate to burst your bubble but... http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Atheist_student_expelled_for_questioning_classmate_s_belief_in_leprechauns
  • kennyGS13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5yay! the sky is happy!
  • VaporBro, on 10/26/2007, -3/+7HOLY ***** AND UPSIDE DOWN RAInbo...oh wait my laptop was just upside down. False alarm.
  • 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 :(
  • 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.
  • kuek1991, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4So there's no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? :(
  • 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
  • weizilla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@0crabby0

    are you kidding me? with people that dumb, they should not be allowed to reproduce
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2are u trying to break my machine, or what?
  • 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.
  • bigwyrm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Sad? But it's smiling!
  • 0crabby0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No gold, just dirty Leprechaun laundry...
  • ryderstep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The rainbow is NOT upside down, the trees are obviously growing out of the sky.
  • DAppammattoxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you sure that wasnt sister act 2: back in the habit?
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • betona, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've seen rainbows in a complete circle a couple times while flying.

    /multiengine, instrument-rated pilot
  • inactive, 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.
  • PRocker267, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1'Tis a sad sad day for the gay community...
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