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LOOK THERE'S A RAINBOW
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2008-10-17 11:34:59
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Hey, as I look out my window this afternoon I’m mesmerized by a glorious high rainbow in the sky. Niagara Falls has the best rainbows in the world on sunny days. They’re caused by the sun beams hitting the heavy mist from the falls. You see the rainbows when the sun is about 33 degrees behind your shoulder. I can almost predict when the rainbow will appear because I’ve been hanging around so long. You see Niagara Falls rainbow on the U.S. side of the border in the morning when the sun rises in the east and from noon until the sun sets in the west they’re seen on the Canadian side of the border.
This reminds me of the time when a number of year ago I was escorting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, his wife and teenage sun around the falls. When we were nearing the falls I picked up my big clumsy cell phone ( they were new then) and spoke into the receiver and said,” Can you turn the rainbow on for the Prime Minister?” Wahala...the rainbow appeared just as we got near the falls. Man, were they impressed!.
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Tracey
I'm thinking of visiting Niagara Falls in Feb. 09'. What is there to do at this time of year?
Fred
you will enjoy some of the most beautiful winter scenery at that time of year not to mention all shops the butterfly conservatory and the bird aviary
Anonymous
Tracey, You can expect to see an ice-bridge below the falls when you arrive in February. That's the formation of ice that covers the lower Niagara River below the falls from the U.S. side to the Canadian side. Years ago people walked out on the ice but the attraction was outlawed in 1912 when 3 people loss their lives when the ice-bridge thawed and broke up. They drowned. Lights illuminate the falls year round... quite a site plus lots of other attractions. Check Niagara Falls Tourism site for more events. Cheers, George
Wilmer
excellent post, i was looking information about this, Now I learned, thanks.
C.J.
A few years ago, after a family trip to see the falls, we were watching a show on TV about the falls. It was a Canadian production on the history and facts, one of the features was on the rainbows that form. It proceeded to give the BEST explanation of refraction that my boys could totally understand. I am unable to find it now online, do you know of it? It aired on Discovery or The Learning Channel, or possibly the History Channel? I would love to find it again! Thanks!!!
George
C.J. sorry, I don't recall the film. mMybe some of the readers of this blog can help.
melanie
hey I don't know who to ask, but I visited the falls a few weeks ago and apparently got quite a rare photo, Im a new photographer trying to get out there a bit more, and was wondering if there is anyone who would be interested in a few good shots (single photos not photoshopped together) of a full rainbow from end to end with both falls behind in the distance, just thought i would ask, thanks a lot, great site, I highly reccomend everyone visits the falls, one of the most amazing places ive ever seen!
George
Melanie, Good for you. Many of us who live within a few kilometres of the falls have been able to capture such a shot. All I have to do is walk a few kilometres to the falls and if the conditions are right take a photo of the full rainbow.Was it taken from the U.S. or Canadian side of the border?
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