RE: [asa] Noah's ark- rainbow question

Dick:

You may actually be referring to what is called Heilegenshein.

It is a discrete backscattering effect, and cannot be understood
using continuum models. In some papers I wrote about
the theoretical value of the heiligenshein for remote sensing, I (our
group) referred to it as a "hot spot."

bill powers

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:13:06 -0400, "Dick Fischer" <dickfischer@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi Bernie:
>
> The rainbow effect comes whenever light is refracted off water droplets.
> When I used to fly KC-135 tankers occasionally when we flew above the
> clouds
> and the sun was overhead we could see the shadow of our airplane on the
> clouds beneath with a circular rainbow around the shadow.
>
> BTW, someone else thinks he has found the Garden of Eden. Too early by my
> calculatios and in the wrong place.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1157784/Do-mysterious-stones-
> mark-site-Garden-Eden.html
>
> Dick Fischer, GPA president
> Genesis Proclaimed Association
> "Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and History"
> www.genesisproclaimed.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> Behalf Of Dehler, Bernie
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:46 AM
> To: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: [asa] Noah's ark- rainbow question
>
> After Noah left the ark, God told Noah that He would send a rainbow to
> remind everyone that he would never again destroy the earth with water.
>
> However, is it possible to not have a rainbow when it is raining and the
> sunlight is right? According to the passage, it rained for 40
> days/nights,
> then there was no rain. That's interesting- 150 days (or maybe even 9
> months) with no rain, with all that water and condensation al over the
> world- even if locally? And if it did rain after those 40 days (because of
> a
> different interpretation), but while Noah was still on the boat for about
> 9
> months after the 40-day rains, couldn't it make a rainbow?
>
> The rainbow is a natural occurrence, not supernatural.
>
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