Michael Booth 7,364 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 One of the things I love to see is a beautiful sky. I've seen many in my travels of different places in the world and on Wednesday evening there was one over Nottingham. Here is a few photos from the Nottingham Post. http://www.nottinghampost.com/pictures/Rainbow-beautiful-sunset-Nottingham/pictures-21651962-detail/pictures.html#4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Lovely. There were some postings of the rainbow on facebook too on Wednesday, and my daughter put a similar one on from Scampton. Last year driving down the A1 I watched as one formed, followed it for miles, at one point seeming to end in a field alongside the car, then saw it fade again, it was spectacular. Many years ago I had the very unusual experience of driving through one, it was weird. It, was very close then seemed to disappear, the next minute a flash of the spectrum just flowed over the car. Must have been to do with the angle of the sun and the rain etc all coming together at that particular spot. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 A pair from us, Even in Bulwell we get rainbows ! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Catfan, shows that there's Hope even in Bulwell !! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 darkazana (#2), after reading your comments it made me realise that you should always have a spade in your car. You saw the end of the rainbow in a field off the A1 and you just drove away from the pot of gold, lol. I was visiting a friend on Wednesday evening and took this photo. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 While we were at Scarborough a couple of years ago there was a competition among the site staff to see who could get the best sunset and night sky photos during the season, as we had some good views from the back packers field. I'll have to check them out and see what I have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,468 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Same sky - different angle. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Britain this morning.......3000 lightening strikes in 2 hours! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28366535 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 One good thing about all this bad weather is not having to fill the bird baths in the garden. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 No, but I've just had to tie up my lupins, delphiniums and hollyhocks. Several beyond saving though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Thunder and Lightening and Torrential rain over W-ton all day, until about 5.30pm and then a Beautiful evening, with Blue Skies and White Clouds. Still sitting with the Patio Doors wide open. Hope you are getting some of the same in Nottingham or where ever you are at this time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Seem to have missed the lightning, but home for the evening as had a diamond anniversary to attend at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground. As we left our house it was torrential, "can't see a foot (or hand) in front" type rain until we hit the A46 towards Nottingham, then it started to clear, and yes as we got to our destination it was blue skies. We had a lovely meal at the side of the Cricket Ground, then on the way back home about a mile out of Nottingham it was raining again. It was like we had been on an island all night. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 A thunderbolt hit a pole just outside my house at 5.20pm yesterday...sounded like a howitzer going off with a huge flash.I jumped,my visitors jumped,as did the parrots and dogs.It's wiped out all the BT phone lines in the road...for the first time I was glad to be on Virgin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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