Regenbogen

[Thorsten Falke (Helgoland)]

Hallo!
Nachdem hier auf Deutschlands einziger Hochseeinsel gestern Windstärke 10 gemessen wurde und heute auch noch Windstärke 8 gewesen ist, war das Meer entsprechend aufgewühlt.
Zur Mittagspause fahre ich gerne zu "meinem" Beobachtungsstandort um meine Brote zu verzehren und nebenher ein bißchen Naturbeobachtung zu betreiben. Zur Mittagszeit war Hochwasser und die Wellen brachen sich an der Mole, sodaß die Gischt bis zu 30 m hoch spritzte.
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Die Gischt wurde dann von dem kräftigen Westwind auf diesem Bild von links nach rechts getrieben, dabei entstand dann ein Segment eines Regenbogens, so gute 6 m von mir entfernt. Zum Greifen nahe also und ich habe die Mittagspause sehr genossen.
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Grüße von Helgoland
Thorsten

[Michael Ellestad]

Thorsten,

Those are nice rainbow pictures you have, I can see the ocean throwing up some spray from the waves and could that be making the rainbows? I got a really nice rainbow page on my website and the link to my website is:

www.geocities.com/bowlturner/my_weatherpics.html

When you get there click on rainbows and there are three photo galleries which are the primary, secondary, and interference rainbows.

Best,
Michael

[Thorsten Falke (Helgoland)]

You're right! It's the spray of the waves. *o.T.*

[Michael Ellestad]

Hi Thorsten,

I got a nice halo website with some nice rainbows and the link is:

www.geocities.com/bowlturner/my_weatherpics.html

Best,
Michael

[Thorsten Falke (Helgoland)]

Hallo Micheal!
Your Website is great. Especially your Tornado Machine. I saw such a machine at EXPO2000 in Hannover, Germany. It's absolutely great, and i watched the Tornado Machine about an hour or more. Fascinating.
(by the way: In the translated german version of Star Trek, Mr.Spock often says:"Faszienierend". Which means "Fascinating". Is it so in the U.S. ?)
Remarkable with The Tornado machine at Expo2000 was, that most of the people took only a short look and then go on, while i couldn't take my eyes off the machine.
Best regards
Thorsten

[Katja Gottschewski]

Hi Thorsten,

> (by the way: In the translated german version of Star Trek,
> Mr.Spock often says:"Faszienierend". Which means
> "Fascinating". Is it so in the U.S. ?)

Yes.

Katja

P.S.: Michael, that's a nice webpage you have there!

[Michael Ellestad]

Hallo Thorsten!

It seems to me that there are a lot of tornado chasing people in Germany. I noticed thats one thing people like is my tornado machine and I recieve an email here and there about my tornado generator wanting to know if I have the plans for it but I can't have the plans for making it because the idea for making it came off a video made and published by the tornado project which is called Secrets of The Tornado which talks about the mechanics of tornado formation and how they can be reproduced in lab models and it shows you a series of different tornado generators you can build with house hold items and items from the local harware store. I also have the problem with keeping my eyes off my tornado and believe it or not the open design allows you to touch the twister which is really cool!!! If you can take some photos of the one you seen in Germany and send it I gotta see it.

Best,
Michael

[Michael Ellestad]

Hi katja,

I have put some work in my website and when I get a chance I will be writing a corona, aureole, and iridescence page. I have a lot of halo pictures which includes a rare sunvex parry arc and circumhorizontal arcs too.

Best,
Michael