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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsRainbows are actually full circles, visible from higher vantage points, such as planes. . .
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Rainbows are actually full circles, typically visible from higher vantage points, such as planes or tall buildings.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/atmospheric/rainbows-are-circular.htm
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Rainbows are actually full circles, visible from higher vantage points, such as planes. . . (Original Post)
tblue37
Sep 2022
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The Pot of Gold is always close, 'just a little further' along the ROYellowGBIV brick road
sanatanadharma
Sep 2022
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FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)1. So the pot of gold is in the center then?
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sanatanadharma
(3,748 posts)4. The Pot of Gold is always close, 'just a little further' along the ROYellowGBIV brick road
The wheel of samsara, the sum total of life's sorrows, goes round and round with its bright brass ring temptations leading us not into contemplation of satisfaction, but rather into more seeking, more unfulfilled desires, driving our illusions deeper into delusions.
The illusion of the rainbow illustrates the centrality of the observer; a metaphor for the forgotten 'Self' at the center of cosmos.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)3. Wonder where that first vid was taken, looks to me like SE Asia ...
Hong Kong or Singapore come to mind.
Cool article either way ... I learned stuff!