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

Hi Bill:

No, as I understand it, a "sparkling white glow" around the shadow of your
head is known as the "heiligenschein," German for the "light of the holy
one."

What we saw, and I'm sure many other pilots have seen, are the same kind of
rainbows seen on the ground only on the ground you see only a bow as the
surface of the earth prevents you from seeing a complete circle.

Dick Fischer, GPA president
Genesis Proclaimed Association
"Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and History"
www.genesisproclaimed.org

-----Original Message-----
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To: Dick Fischer
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Subject: RE: [asa] Noah's ark- rainbow question
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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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