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The serpent and the rainbow taught humankind the link between blood and life, between menstruation and birth, and the ultimate Vodou sacrament of blood sacrifice." [ 20 ] In Haiti , Ayida-Weddo is said to have crossed the ocean with her husband Damballa to take the ancient knowledge and traditions of Vodou from Africa to the Caribbean.
A moonbow (also known as a moon rainbow or lunar rainbow) is a rainbow produced by moonlight rather than direct sunlight. Other than the difference in the light source, its formation is the same as for a solar rainbow: It is caused by the refraction of light in many water droplets, such as a rain shower or a waterfall, and is always positioned ...
The Formula of Rainbow (Russian: Формула радуги, romanized: Formula radugi) is a 1966 Soviet science fiction comedy film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich. The film tells about the scientist Vladimir Bantikov, who decides to create his double in the form of a robot, but this robot suddenly begins to live its own life...
YouTube's "Backyard Scientist" is back, showing us how to create incredible "fire rainbows", using simple household items. Check it out! Meteorologist Alex Wilson has the details.
In addition to the common primary and secondary rainbows, it is also possible for rainbows of higher orders to form. The order of a rainbow is determined by the number of light reflections inside the water droplets that create it: One reflection results in the first-order or primary rainbow; two reflections create the second-order or secondary ...
The word iridescence is derived in part from the Greek word ἶρις îris (gen. ἴριδος íridos), meaning rainbow, and is combined with the Latin suffix -escent, meaning "having a tendency toward". [1] Iris in turn derives from the goddess Iris of Greek mythology, who is the personification of the rainbow and acted as a messenger of the ...
One Romanian artist found an innovative way -- using her own menstrual blood -- to create art. Timea Páll, 28, painted a large foetus over the course of nine months with solely period blood.
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