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Jul 17^th, 2007 at 9:43pm

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... looked down on a rainbow?

I took the photo from this Piper Seminole...

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Reply #1 - Jul 17^th, 2007 at 10:11pm

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WoW who knew the view of a rainbow from top down would be so amazing. Shocked

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Reply #2 - Jul 17^th, 2007 at 11:22pm

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Now could you have followed it down to find the pot of gold? Cheesy

What a very cool shot!!! Cool

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Reply #3 - Jul 17^th, 2007 at 11:51pm

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Willit Run wrote on Jul 17^th, 2007 at 11:22pm:

Now could you have followed it down to find the pot of gold? Cheesy

What a very cool shot!!! Cool

Haha! yeah we tried. We figured it might be a quick way to repay all of our student loans, but unfortunately no such luck. Grin

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Reply #4 - Jul 18^th, 2007 at 9:23am

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I've seen similar things in a Chipmunk over Cambridge but alas didn't own a camera in those days to photograph such a lovely view! Nice one Wink

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Reply #5 - Jul 18^th, 2007 at 10:40am

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Nice to see a rainbow from a different perspective... well caught Cool

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Reply #6 - Jul 18^th, 2007 at 3:35pm

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Fade in the Wizard of Oz theme... Grin

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Reply #7 - Jul 18^th, 2007 at 3:37pm

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beaky wrote on Jul 18^th, 2007 at 3:35pm:

Fade in the Wizard of Oz theme... Grin

Nice catch, there...

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Reply #8 - Jul 18^th, 2007 at 9:08pm

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definately not an angle you see everyday! Spiffy pic!!

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Reply #9 - Jul 18^th, 2007 at 9:09pm

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wow, thanks for sharing Grin

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Reply #10 - Jul 20^th, 2007 at 2:19pm

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Amazing, how high were you at that time? i Think between 2000/2500.

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Reply #11 - Jul 20^th, 2007 at 8:41pm

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pepper_airborne wrote on Jul 20^th, 2007 at 2:19pm:

Amazing, how high were you at that time? i Think between 2000/2500.

Close. we were actually closer to 4000 feet MSL at the time, about 3500 feet above the ground. My student got the idea that if we dove towards it we might go through it. Grin

He didn't realize that a rainbow is a play on light and is a matter of perspective. I thought that was rather amusing. As we traveled towards it it did get smaller and smaller eventually to the point where it was a complete circle. My camera wouldn't have been able to capture the entire thing though as part of the circle was below the airplane.

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