It was really spectacular ..and if you look closely, a bit to the right of the main bow, you can see the much fainter secondary bow ... note the reversed colours.
And seeing as there's some bits of German involved with all that stuff, I thought I'd show you some of it. Regenbogen is just the start.
And, of course, there will be questions . Oh yes.
What about this next one ? I've seen quite a few of these ... it's a Brocken spectre ( German ... Brockengespenster). They are rare optical effects. They're mostly seen when you're up a mountain, with the sun behind you as you're looking down onto a cloud bank below ... and you see a huge "halo" around your head. If there's several of you, each person only sees theirs ! But ... what does the "Brocken" bit mean ... and come to that, what about that " gespenster" bit as well ?
Next up in the " optical phenomena with German names" we have the wonderful, mysterious " Heiligenschein" ...here it is ... it's much more subdued effect compared to the Brocken Spectre ... it's mostly seen when the low sun shines over your shoulder onto leaves covered in dew.... the light is reflected back at you.
But ... what does that " Heiligen" thing mean?
Not to be confused, of course, with " Heilbutt" !
Here it is ... as I said it's a pretty weak thing...
It's amazing how many fields of science have been inhabited with German words. And not just science either .... chess has got some too ...but that's another Fischkessel.
And after all that technical stuff, here's Diane Weigmann + Das Beste ....
siehst so verschlafen aus
wenn Du am frühen Morgen mit zerzausten Haar mir meine Bettdecke klaust
Fühl mich bei Dir so anders,
auf den Arm genommen,
wenn wir nach Kissenschlachten und vor lauter Lachen
kaum noch Luft bekommen
Und Dein verschmitztes Grinsen,
wenn Du mich auslachst,
und Du mich wieder damit aufziehst, daß ich gestern Nacht
im Schlaf philosophiert hab, über irgendwas!
Das Beste, Beste, Beste, was passieren kann
ist, daß ich mit Dir, am besten für ein Leben lang,
das schönste, schönste Leben, das man leben kann,
am besten Ort der Welt - genau in Deinen Armen -
verbringen kann!
Das ist das Beste, Beste, Beste, was passieren kann!
In Deinen Armen
hält das Beste, Beste, Beste auch ein Leben lang
Ich hab Dich längst gefunden,
denn bei Dir find ich mich
selbst ungeschminkt
und bei Neonlicht so schön!
Das Beste ...
... in deinen Armen
hält das Beste Beste Beste
ein ganzes langes Leben lang
Das ist das,
das ist das,
das ist das Beste, was passieren kann....
You can't help wondering just how many youtube music videos start with ..what a surprise .. a woman in bed.