Almost Drove Through A Rainbow Today

[Stuart Taylor]

Hi, see a rainbow, it is possible to drive "under it" or will it always keep getting further away?

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&video_id=htf46PwZyK0

[Guest]

Hi, see a rainbow, it is possible to drive "under it" or will it always keep getting further away?

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&video_id=htf46PwZyK0

Sorry, no crock of gold for you - the rainbow has to be away from you, so you never quite reach it.

[knocker]

Sorry, no crock of gold for you - the rainbow has to be away from you, so you never quite reach it.

Bit like Zeno's paradoxes of motion.

Achilles and the tortoise

“ In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.

[Gorky]

You can be quite close if the car in front is kicking up some spray, to the point that the rainbow is mere metres in front of you... but yeah. you're never gonna catch it

Here's a vid cap from one of my EXTREME RAINBOW CHASES over in the states

/end Reed Timmer mode/