Summer summary and rainbows
In retrospect this must have been one of the rainiest summers in Sweden, I have ever experienced in my entire life.
It rained nearly every evening during the month of July. And even now after a few warm days in August the weather seems to have returned to the general theme of yes, you´ve guessed it- RAIN.
This is truly weather that I can with a good concience declare as NOT SO NICE
But on the other side, I have never seen as many rainbows as I did this summer.
The window in our living room is facing east, so that the sun is setting behind our house. When it rains it means that in case of a sunny break a rainbow appears right outside our window.
I have collected a few rainbows during this July.
Here are a few of my favourite ones.
But what I like about light and aspecially about rainbows is that each colour represents a certain spectrum of wavelenghts that carry a distinct amount of energy. The exact wavelength of this light can be emitted from the chemical elements of the periodic system. Generally speaking the separation of white light, which is what we get when all different colored wavelengths get combined, is one of the most pure things that exists in the universe. I think that is absolutely beautiful. I love looking at rainbows, taking pictures of them and thinking about them as this: One of the most pure and genuine things in the universe.
I do have to admit that I have a crazy obsession with rainbows or in general with the spectral distribution of light. I am actually pretty nerdy about many things. And If you haven´t noticed now, just keep reading and I am sure you´ll notice, sooner or later.
Light as a phenomenon really fascinates me. Do you know what light actually is? as a matter of fact, science doesn´t know! Even in times of the CERN experiemnt and the Higgs Boson discovery we don´t fully understand what exactly light is. I think that is absolutely amazing. Something as essential as light that we have around us every day, we need it to survive, we generate it whenever we use our smartphones, our televisions and computer screens and we have not entirely figured it totally out. How cool is that?
DOUBLE!
Good night everyone. Have a rainy but NICE evening
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