Chapter 6:
Splashing Colors Everywhere, Like A Rainbow

To access the pdf file for all the video links and journal citations for the items in the book, click on the pdf icon for "Chapter References & Comments” at the top of the page, next to Armando Armadillo. (Go to www.Adobe.com for a free pdf reader.) To access the updates and new items (not in the book), click on any "update" or "new" in the following list.
- 6.1 Rainbows update Nov 2011 May 2012
- 6.2 Strange rainbows update June 2007
- 6.3 Artificial rainbows
- 6.4 The daytime sky is not dark
- 6.5 Colors of the sky update Oct 2009
- 6.6 Blue mountains, white mountains, and red clouds
- 6.7 Sailor's warning
- 6.8 Sunsets and volcanoes
- 6.9 Bishop's ring
- 6.10 Cloud-contrast bow
- 6.11 Sky colors during a solar eclipse
- 6.12 When the sky turns green, head for the cellar
- 6.13 Enhancement of overhead blue
- 6.14 Dark patch and rosy border during sunset
- 6.15 Bright and dark shafts across the sky update Aug 2011
- 6.16 Blue haze, red haze, brown haze
- 6.17 Lights of a distant city update Dec 2007
- 6.18 How far is the horizon?
- 6.19 Color of overcast sky
- 6.20 Maps in the sky update Aug 2009
- 6.21 Brighter when it snows
- 6.22 The end of a searchlight beam
- 6.23 Short story: Newgrange winter-solstice sunbeam update Nov 2007 June 2014
- 6.24 The green flash
- 6.25 Distortions of the low sun
- 6.26 Red moon during lunar eclipse
- 6.27 Crown flash
- 6.28 Oasis mirage update June 2007
- 6.29 Wall mirage
- 6.30 Water monsters, mermen, and large-scale mirage
- 6.31 A ghost among the flowers
- 6.32 Shimmy and twinkling stars
- 6.33 Shadow bands
- 6.34 The 22° halo and sun dogs
- 6.35 A sky full of halos, arcs, and spots
- 6.36 Mountain shadows
- 6.37 Disappearing cloud shadows
- 6.38 Colors of the ocean
- 6.39 Reflection glitter of sun and moon
- 6.40 Rings of light
- 6.41 Shadows and colors in water
- 6.42 Color of your shadow
- 6.43 Seeing the dark part of the moon update Mar 2008
- 6.44 Heiligenschein and opposition brightening
- 6.45 Grain field waves
- 6.46 Glory
- 6.47 Corona
- 6.48 Frosty glass corona
- 6.49 Iridescent clouds
- 6.50 Blue moon update May 2008
- 6.51 Yellow fog lights
- 6.52 Dark when wet
- 6.53 Colors of snow and ice
- 6.54 Firnspiegel and snow sparkles
- 6.55 Whiteouts and snowblindness
- 6.56 Yellow ski glasses
- 6.57 When the ice grows dark
- 6.58 Bright clouds, dark clouds
- 6.59 Noctilucent clouds
- 6.60 You in a looking glass update Nov 2007
- 6.61 Reflections off water and a stage mirror update Jun 2006
- 6.62 Pepper's ghost and the bodiless head
- 6.63 Tilted windows for air traffic controllers
- 6.64 Images in two or three mirrors
- 6.65 Kaleidoscopes
- 6.66 Mirror labyrinths update May 2009
- 6.67 A sideshow laser shoot update June 2015
- 6.68 Dark triangles among the decorations
- 6.69 Shiny turns to black; blacker than black
- 6.70 Retroreflectors
- 6.71 Short Story: Landing in the dark behind enemy lines
- 6.72 One-way mirror
- 6.73 Rear-view mirror
- 6.74 Side-view mirror update Dec 2013
- 6.75 A Bar at the Folies-Bergère update Dec 2010
- 6.76 Renaissance art and optical projectors
- 6.77 Anamorphic art update June 2007 Nov 2010
- 6.78 The bright and dark of streetlamps
- 6.79 Multiple images from double-paned windows
- 6.80 World's most powerful searchlight
- 6.81 Archimedes death ray
- 6.82 Short story: Illuminating a referee update Dec 2007
- 6.83 Spooky lights in a graveyard
- 6.84 What a fisherman sees of a fish update Apr 2010
- 6.85 What a fish sees of the fisherman update Mar 2008
- 6.86 Reading through a sealed envelope update Nov 2014
- 6.87 Short Story: Sword swallowing and esophagoscopy
- 6.88 Shower-door optics
- 6.89 Magic of refraction update Sep 2008
- 6.90 The invisible man and transparent animals update Feb 2008
- 6.91 A road made crooked by refraction
- 6.92 Watering plants in sunlight
- 6.93 Starting a fire with ice
- 6.94 Diamonds
- 6.95 Opals update July 2006
- 6.96 Alexandrite effect
- 6.97 Star sapphire update Jun 2015
- 6.98 Patterns from a glass of wine, a window and a drop of water
- 6.99 Shadows with bright borders and bands
- 6.100 Bright and dark bands over the wing update Apr 2010
- 6.101 Short story: Shock waves from the Thrust SSC car
- 6.102 Pinhole and pinspeck cameras
- 6.103 Solar images beneath a tree
- 6.104 Lights through a screen, lines between fingers
- 6.105 Bright scratches and colorful webs
- 6.106 Bright streaks in a car windshield update March 2013
- 6.107 Reflections from a phonograph record
- 6.108 Colors on finely grooved items
- 6.109 Anticounterfeiting: Optically variable devices
- 6.110 Colored rings from a misty or dusty mirror
- 6.111 Color of milk in water
- 6.112 Color of campfire smoke
- 6.113 Ouzo effect update Aug 2014
- 6.114 Colors of oil slicks, soap films, and metal cooking pots
- 6.115 Structural colors of insects, fish, birds, and monkey butts
- 6.116 Pearls
- 6.117 Protuberances on insect eyes and stealth aircraft update Sep 2007
- 6.118 Iridescent plants
- 6.119 Anticounterfeiting: Color-shifting inks update May 2010
- 6.120 Color saturation in flower petals
- 6.121 Yellow brilliance of aspen trees
- 6.122 Colors of eyes
- 6.123 So cold I turned blue
- 6.124 Speckle patterns
- 6.125 Colors in fluorescent light
- 6.126 Polarizing sunglasses update Aug 2008
- 6.127 Sky polarization
- 6.128 Ant navigation update Nov 2006
- 6.129 Colors and spots and polarization
- 6.130 Colorless foam and grounded powder
- 6.131 Glossy black felt, glossy varnish
- 6.132 Colors of green glass and green velvet
- 6.133 Peachy skin and apparent softness
- 6.134 Twinkies and Vaseline parties
- 6.135 The colors of meat
- 6.136 A short beer
- 6.137 "Whiter than white"
- 6.138 Disappearing coin
- 6.139 Sunglasses and smog
- 6.140 Brightness of the ocean
- 6.141 Blue ribbon on sea horizon
- 6.142 Darkness falls with a bang
- 6.143 Colorful contrail
- 6.144 Nacreous clouds
- 6.145 Twilight purple light
- 6.146 Ripples in the sky
- 6.147 Line across distant rain
- 6.148 Bright nights
- 6.149 Zodiacal light, gegenschein, and other nocturnal lights
- 6.150 Reflections on sea horizon
- 6.151 Using a solid metal ball to focus light update Sep 2010
- 6.152 A fast spin in a curved mirror
- 6.153 Color of cigarette smoke
- 6.154 If you could see in the UV
- 6.155 Diffracted alphabet
- 6.156 A game of reflection Click on new to get the following new items (not in the book)
- 6.157 Jack O'Lanterns Oct 2006
- 6.158 White beetles Mar 2007
- 6.159 Wet tee-shirt (T-shirt) and sunburn Aug 2007
- 6.160 Glare off a printed page Oct 2008
- 6.161 Gun sights and quark transformations Apr 2010
- 6.162 Relativistic length contraction --- what does it look like? July 2010
- 6.163 "Powers of Ten" --- the video Nov 2010
- 6.164 Audience scanning Mar 2011
- 6.165 Wooden mirrors Dec 2012
- 6.166 Pub trick -- pouring water from nowhere Mar 2015
- 6.167 Pinhole rifle sights, pinhole glasses, pinhole selfies July 2015
- 6.168 Pub trick -- optically reversing arrows Oct 2015
- 6.169 Black egg becomes glistening Nov 2015
- Chapter 1Slipping Between Falling Drops(MOTION)
- Chapter 2Racing On The Ceiling, Swimming Through Syrup(FLUIDS)
- Chapter 3Hiding Under The Covers, Listening For The Monsters(SOUND)
- Chapter 4Striking At The Heat In The Night(THERMAL PROCESS)
- Chapter 5Ducking First A Flash And Then A Roar (ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM)
- Chapter 6Splashing Colors Everywhere, Like A Rainbow(OPTICS)
- Chapter 7Armadillos Dancing Against A Swollen Moon(VISION)
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