colors of a rainbow-

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One jump I was diving out and saw my reflection in a cloud- it had a rainbow encircled around it???
Never happened again- and never "shared" as thought I might have been seeing things--*note to self..you've blown it now!!
Dare I ask if anyone has experienced this?........
Anyway pasted below is a story about the colors of a rainbow..

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Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel: all claimed that they were the best, the most important, the most useful, the favorite.

Green said "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees, leaves - without me, all animals would die. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority."

Blue interrupted: "You only think about the earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace, you would all be nothing."

Yellow chuckled: "You are all so serious. I bring laughter, gaiety, and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me there would be no fun."

Orange started next to blow her trumpet: "I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges, mangoes, and pawpaws. I don't hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you."

Red could stand it no longer. He shouted out: "I am the ruler of all of you. I am blood - life's blood! I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. I am the color of passion and of love, the red rose, the poinsettia and the poppy."

Purple rose up to his full height. He was very tall and spoke with great pomp: "I am the color of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs, and bishops have always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do notquestion me - they listen and obey."

Finally, Indigo spoke, much more quietly than all the others. "You hardly notice me, but without me you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace."

And so the colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own superiority. Their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening - thunder rolled and boomed.

Rain started to pour down relentlessly. The colors crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort. In the midst of the clamor, rain began to speak: "You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me."

Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands. The rain continued: "From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of color as a reminder that you can all live in peace.

"The rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow." and so, whenever a good rain washes the world, and a rainbow appears in the sky, let us remember to appreciate one another.

[ernokaikkonen 0]

>Dare I ask if anyone has experienced this?...

Yup, many times, most often it has been the shadow of the airplane though.

[nacmacfeegle 0]

"One jump I was diving out and saw my reflection in a cloud- it had a rainbow encircled around it???"

Similar to this pic?

The effect is called a 'glory', more discussion on this phenomenon here http://www.polarization.com/rainbow/rainbow2.html

This effect has been used to explain 'The grey man of Ben Macui' witnessed by many climbers in Scotland.

I've seen the effect many times skydiving, and flying commercially.
But I've yet to locate the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.....

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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

[dkpbxman 0]

I've seen that a few times, there's a scientific name for that phenomenon but I forget it. The first time I saw it was when I was doing CReW one time. Scared the shit out of me! Now I love it!

[ralu 0]

Happened once last year. I was kind of scared.


ralu

what would be a woman without her dreams....

[sfc 1]

happened to me on my first tandem, the JM pointed it out, it was an awesome visual.

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

I've seen that before - looks awesome. Only seen it from the plane though

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[skydiverjon 0]

I've been told from a good friend of mine that has been to Hawaii, that there is a place there that has that effect. Some Helicopter tour, where they take you up near the top of some mountain or something, and when you look down you can see the helicopter "shadow/reflection" in a cloud surrounded by a complete circle rainbow. Just what I've been told.

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there's a scientific name for that phenomenon but I forget it.

corona?

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.

[kmcguffee 0]

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corona?

I prefer Dos Equis.

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

[RichM 0]

Seen it many times. The best was during a head down dive where I went through the cloud - I flew through the eye of a rainbow, it was awesome

Rich M

[nacmacfeegle 0]

"I flew through the eye of a rainbow, it was awesome"

Its difficult to miss!
Standups into them are cool.....

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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

[jwilson 0]

I have never seen this while skydiving , I have seen it many times hangliding above the clouds . We call it a "glory ring" . Nice visual.
Jay

[smiles 0]

I have been worried about checking back here!
I cannot believe this....thanx so much, you have all made me feel so much better!!
Wow!....I actually saw, what I thought I saw!!

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[poppy1971fw 0]

first jump yesterday - a tandem - I am hooked saving up for a course
thanks to a great instructor
went through centre of a rainbow - superb !

[Squeak 17]

I've always called them Glorioles

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[Royd 0]

It happened about one month ago.

I was tracking across the top of a cloud, and as I pulled my arms up to check my altimeter, about 500' above the cloud, I saw my shadow on the cloud with a oval, the size of my shadow, around it. I fell dead center into my shadow. Too cool.

I can't say that it was a rainbow.

My guess was that the turbulence around my body caused the shadow.

[pirana 0]

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I fell dead center into my shadow. Too cool.

Goes without saying, that if you are in freefall and casting a shadow, you will inevitably meet up with it. No way around that, unless of course the source of light is removed.

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

[warpedskydiver 0]

I thought Rainbo's current colors were black and blue!!!