by Orion » Thu 15 Nov, 2018 12:48 pm
Count yourself lucky!
A rainbow doesn't exist as an object. It's a virtual image. But you can get close to it. I have with a simple implement: a garden hose. In the wild it's less common to get so close.
Other cool rainbow things: Double rainbows (we've all seen those) where there are two rainbows parallel, with the second one displaying an inverted sequence of colors. Sometimes there are three or even more. Then there are twin rainbows, where the rainbow splits and part of it heads off in a slightly different direction. Those are quite a bit less common. Supernumerary rainbows are an even rarer breed, hard for me to explain because I'm too stupid to understand the descriptions I've read more than once. They're similar to double rainbows but caused by a different phenomenon and the colors of the second band are NOT inverted. Fogbows are another kind of (monochrome) rainbow (I saw one at Melaleuca a few years ago).
All of those rainbows are usually seen from a distance. To actually be "in" a rainbow is unusual, but by no means unheard of.
Presumably you now have a big pot of gold that you can use to buy bushwalking gear with.