I am officially a Physics dork. While I was driving home yesterday, I was trying to think of what to write about for my Physics journal and trying to decide whether or not I should just give up trying to find Physics and just use my sister's guitar performance as my journal topic. I really didn't want to, because I had just done a journal on music on my brother and his cello. So, while I'm going down the freeway towards Kalanianaole Highway, I spot a beautiful rainbow! Which correlates exactly with what we just finished studying. Quickly, I grab my camera out of my bag, and while still driving attempt to take several pictures from my car (I couldn't really look through my camera). The reason why I wanted to take the picture right then, was because I was afraid that at some point, between where I was and where my home was, I would either pass the rain that was in front of me, or the sun that was behind me would shift to some other position. This is because in order for you to see a rainbow, the rain must be in front of you and the sun must be behind you so that the light from the sun can reflect off the raindrops to your eye. And, sure enough, right around Aina Haina, the rain started - when I originally took the picture on the freeway, it wasn't raining at all. And, by the time I reached my house in Niu Valley, the rain had stopped and I could no longer see the rainbow. Good thing I took the picture earlier!! Another interesting fact about rainbows, is that each raindrop only gives off one color that you can see. Even though each raindrop holds all seven colors, you can only see one color from one raindrop. Another interesting fact that I found out from my parents that night at dinner after telling them my rainbow story, is that starting July 1, it will be illegal to use your camera - or any other electronic device - while driving; even though I really do think my picture came out pretty nice!! =)
