The visible spectrum of electromagnetic radiation we call light.
Notice how it starts deep red, cycles through the colors and almost
returns to red again.
This is because once the electromagnetic frequency doubles, it becomes
the same color.
Just like in music, when the frequecy of the note doubles, it becomes
an octave of the same note.
So essentially, we can see one octave of the electromagnetic spectrum.
If we could see all the different frequencies,
the rainbow would continue all the way down to the horizon,
cycling through all the colors over and over,
the lines exponentially getting closer and closer together as it nears
the horizon.
There should be a Leprechaun right about .... there.
An interactive map of the trail to the top of Mount Olympus.
Notice how that from the top of Blister Hill (Click "Names"
above) to the saddle,
looks almost as far as from the saddle to the summit.
This is an illusion. in reality the saddle to the top is only about
1/3 the distance of the other.
One of the most interesting aspects of Mount Olympus is how
it has been folded up nearly 80 degrees like pages in a book.
Click "Strata" above to show layers that were all once flat
but have been warped by plate tectonic pressure.
Like a giant Mexican sombrero on Mount Olympus' head.
The light conditions during a rainbow are always amazing in all directions.
For more pictures from approximately the same place four years earlier:
July 11, 2001 : Wasatch
Rainbow
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CITY
DATE
Samantha
Bellingham, Washington
2005-12-31
I was fortunate enough to have taken a bus trip across the united states when I was 15 years old. Most of my friends haven't been out of our county let alone our state. So, armed with a walkman, a mixed tape I recorded on the radio, and $200.00, I embarked on my life changing adventure. On my adventure, I saw enough country, sites, and people to fill an entire lifetime, and a rather large scrapbook. One of the most vivid memories I still hold dear to this day was the trek across Utah. Words cannot describe how breathtaking it was. And even though most of what I saw was throught the bus window, I now have a completely different view on life, purley because of the beauty and scale of the entire state. Even the little truck stop cafes held their own ambiance. Almost a decade later, I still recall the sunset behind the rock arches, the great tall mountains, and the star strug sky that met my eyes as I uncomfortably tried to sleep on a roving bus. And though this may sound a bit lofty, it is only because the expierence is a feeling of freedom that most of us can only hope to feel once in our lives. And, I have already began planning my next trip....
John
Merritt Island, Florida
2005-10-03
I'm going to move to SLC eventually--you have the best pictures of it I've seen thus far.
Keep up the good work.
Jacqui
Garland, Texas
2005-09-30
My family and I moved to Garland, Texas in April of 2005. For Christmas I want to draw my parents a picture of horses going from the mountians of Utah to the plains of Texas. To do this, I want to use a picture of the mountains that we saw in the city of Layton, Utah (where we used to live). I would like to know if you would alow me to use any pictures of this area that you might have taken. They will be changed and all I will use is the formations of them and where the snow is located, if there is some in the picture. If you have any pictures of this area and if you give me permission to use these pictures, please send them to me at my e-mail address.
Thank you.
Sincerly,
Jacqui
