165 - A Rainbow Is A Ring

165 - A Rainbow Is A Ring

I listened to a great audio episode this afternoon, all about rainbows. It is called 'Painting the Rainbow' - look for the 'Stories in Colour' podcast. They touched on the scientific aspects, religious meaning and occurrences in art.

This painting (above) by John Constable was mentioned - 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows'. The scene depicted is almost the same today - I think the meadows around the cathedral must be protected. It's a beautiful scene. Constable purposefully used artistic licence to paint the rainbow in the wrong position, in relation to the sun.

I learned that when viewed from above (for example from a plane), a rainbow is not a bow at all - it's a ring. A rainring.

 

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