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mnhtnbb

(31,404 posts)
Wed Aug 19, 2020, 11:40 AM Aug 2020

Refraction and Reflection and Scattering of Light

After the storm came through the other night, the refraction of light creating the rainbow



And the next morning, reflection of the color at dawn (from scattering) on the wet rooftops.



For an explanation of meteorological optical phenomena: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_optics

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Refraction and Reflection and Scattering of Light (Original Post) mnhtnbb Aug 2020 OP
I've got a pretty good balcony flamin lib Aug 2020 #1
I'm 17 floors up! mnhtnbb Aug 2020 #2
These are simply gorgeous, my dear mnhtnbb! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2020 #3

mnhtnbb

(31,404 posts)
2. I'm 17 floors up!
Wed Aug 19, 2020, 11:49 AM
Aug 2020

Gonna' miss it when I move to my little house that is being built to be ready at the end of the year. I'll trade in the high rise balcony for a ground level courtyard and covered porch. Get to have some plants and a fountain. Hang my hummingbird feeder.

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