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Beautiful rainbow over Corpus Christi Bay late this afternoon.

Again, in a dream last night, my mother.

When we last left this matchup, we were deadlocked at 1 to 1 as the moderator cited the need for “further tests… to determine the range, power, and accuracy of Unicorn horn lightning bolts.”

After painstaking research, the matchup resumes thanks to this rare and telling photograph.

It seems that it is rainbows and not lightning bolts that unicorns shoot out of their horns. From this photo, we can also determine that the trajectory of the beam is straight and true (if one assumes that Robocop’s computer-guided targeting is accurate and, of course, we do).

As for the effects of this beam, the photo does not give evidence.  However, we may infer that the unicorn’s position beside Robocop indicates a partnership between the two (note that the Unicorn, or UniCop, is protecting Robocop’s exposed backside from counter attack).   Robocop’s acceptance of this arrangement suggests that Robocop values the unicorn’s effectiveness in battle: no small endorsement coming from such a decorated police officer.

The lions have charged that the photo tells another story: that the unicorn’s rainbow is a passive rather than aggressive spell, and the unicorn is protecting the object(s) of Robocop’s unwavering justice from harm and/or healing their wounds.

Both interpretations could be possible where it not for further evidence of the Robocop/Unicop partnership, captured by an amateur wildlife photographer equipped with a Nikon Watercolor2000 with a 15x zoom lens.

The moderator therefore declares that the category “One on One Battle” go to the Unicorns, making the final score: Unicorns 2, Lions 1. 

Congratulations, Unicorns, you move on to Round 2… just as soon as we break the tie between Dinosaurs and Princesses.  

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Ok, when you were a child or even an adult have you ever wondered why you cannot ever seem to reach the end of a rainbow?

Rainbows are formed when light reflects off droplets of water.

This causes the light to seperate into it’s original colours. For those of you who do not know, ‘plain’ light consists of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet light all combined together to form what we know as being white light. This process is called refraction and it basically reverse engineers light to it’s original colours and makes it visible. Now you know why you see the colours of the rainbow.

A rainbow does not actually exist at a specific point in the sky, it is the person looking at the rainbow which decides it’s apparent position and this is why it is always moving when you move, or at least until there is now more rain or the sky darkens.

So, now that we have established that you could never reach the end of a rainbow because it never has an end, let me tell you about rainbows.

If you want to see an amazing rainbow, you should go somewhere where there are rainclouds and it is still dark but the sun is starting to rise (dawn preferably). This would allow you to see for only a few minutes a spectacular rainbow, it’s colours would be very rich and vivid as it is contrasted to a dark background.

On some very rare occasions, most commonly in Alaska, moonbows can be seen. This is an incredibly rare phenomena that usually only occurs a few times every year as it needs rain and a very bright moon. This does not mean a clear sky, it actually involves the position of the earth on it’s axis of rotation and how close it is too the moon before a clear sky is even taken into account.

If you were to rent an airplane and be lucky enough to see a rainbow from the sky, you would see a complete circle. This is because you are looking directly onto the light and water droplets instead of looking at them from an angle which only allows you to see half of the rainbow.

So, that’s it! I’m all done with rainbows.. for now anyway. I would have made this a lengthier article but i tried doing some research on the science behind rainbows.. My head felt like it was going to explode, it is very complicated!

Anyway, i hope you have enjoyed this article and maybe it has helped to enlighten you as to the whereabouts of the end of a rainbow. Nowhere.

*Just incase you haven’t figured out that there is no pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, purely because there is no end to a rainbow !

I don't usually write poetry. But I read "Because I Am Furniture" last week (amazing book!) and then Laura Salas sent out this 15 word poetry challenge. I thought about the amazing circumhorizontal arc I saw on Monday (thanks for the name, Maggie!) and this just came to me.

Now be gentle. I don't claim to be a great poet. But sometimes it's fun to try something different, to challenge yourself to write in a way you're not used to. This is posted on Laura's site along with a lot of other (better!) poems.

Rainbow
Wisps of color
Trick of light
Something so simple, so ordinary
Brings hope and smiles


What can YOU say in 15 words or less?

This is a Bug Book Week Choice:
Chasing the Pot of Gold

Stage Two – Ayres Rock Rainbow 760x1020mm (30x40 Inches) There is something wonderful about the formation of clouds in the sky. I have worked up a few hours in oil on this painting. I began working the sky and really enjoyed painting the clouds. As a result I hope to do more skies in the near future. They are not finished but well under way. I moved all over the top area and then moved onto