Optics 1 Chapter 6 Splashing colors everywhere, like a rainbow (optics) Here are the references and web links for the stories in the book. Recently added references are highlighted. For updates to those stories and for all the new stories, go to http://www.flyingcircusofphysics.com/News/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=42 Jan 2015 6.1 Rainbows This item is discussed in the book The Flying Circus of Physics, second edition, by Jearl Walker, published by John Wiley & Sons, June 2006, ISBN 0-471-76273-3. The material here is located at www.flyingcircusofphysics.com and will be updated periodically. Photos and discussions http://www.atoptics.co.uk/ Many photos and explanations of atmospheric optics http://atmospherical.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2006-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&updated- max=2007-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&max-results=50 Blog devoted to photos of atmospheric phenomena http://atmospherical.blogspot.com Way cool blog site with lots of photos and descriptions. Go through the archived blogs by clicking on the button at the bottom of the page. The blog started in April 2006. Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3iOjTqFGWY&mode=related&search= Double rainbows plus lightning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmVuO-qQOn8 Primary rainbow plus faint secondary bow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cylV9Lp9fuM&mode=related&search= Double rainbow References Dots through indicate level of difficulty Journal reference style: author, journal, volume, pages (date) Book reference style: author, title, publisher, date, pages Neuberger, N., "A rainbow in a cirrus sky in winter," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 26, 211 (1945) Boyer, C. B., "Kepler's explanation of the rainbow," American Journal of Physics, 18, 360-366 (1950) Walker, D., "A rainbow and supernumeraries with graduated separations," Weather, 5, 324-325 (1950) Kangieser, P. 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