Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Crazy

The craziest thing happened today. There was a halo around the sun, and it was a rainbow. It completely encircled the sun. It was REALLY awesome!! This is a photo of it above the clock tower on campus.



You cannot see the colors of the rainbow very well in this picture, but we could see every color. Polarized sunglasses help.


Everyone was outside looking up at the sun, it was quite astonishing! I am sure our retinas were happy about it. Magical
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 13, 2010 at 9:09 PM

    What was the cause? Could you please come back home? 1.) we need you to help clear brush and 2) you really need to see W. catch. He is awesome. h

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  2. AprilApril 13, 2010 at 11:12 PM

    So I googled it and this is what I came up with. A 22° halo is a halo, an optical phenomenon forming a circle 22° around the sun, or occasionally the moon. It forms as sunlight is refracted in hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. As the light beam passes through two sides of the prism forming a 60° angle, the angle of minimum deviation is almost 22° (e.g. 21.84° in average; 21.54° for red and 22.37° for blue.) This wavelength-dependent variation in refraction causes the inner edge of the circle to be reddish while the outer edge is bluish.

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  3. AprilApril 13, 2010 at 11:14 PM

    That was wiki by the way. Also ice crystals in the Caribbean, weird!! I am ready to come home, flight leaves June 10th!! I am very good at clearing brush, and you HAVE to take a video(or at least some photos) of W. So is he catching and not pitching? Miss you guys!! -A

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  4. AnonymousApril 14, 2010 at 7:29 PM

    He is doing both-- starting catcher, 2nd pitcher. But he loves to catch. As the opponent's coach said on Monday, "he is a monster behind the plate." Pretty cool. h

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  5. AnonymousApril 14, 2010 at 7:30 PM

    Also, I have to tell you a funny story. Call when you get a moment. h

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  6. AprilApril 15, 2010 at 10:09 PM

    Hey, I tried calling you. When is a good time tomorrow? A monster!! That's AWESOME!! W, your fan club extends to Granada!

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