# FULL DOUBLE Rainbow!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982 "2010-07-08T17:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/1 "2010-07-08T17:21:14Z")
Has anyone seen this video that is making the rounds? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OQSNhk5ICTI/hqdefault.jpg "Yosemitebear Mountain Double Rainbow 1-8-10") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI) It’s a man who discovers a double rainbow, starts filming it, and . . . well, it builds. Watch the whole thing. I can’t stop watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/2 "2010-07-08T17:39:09Z")
That guy is incredibly stoned. And by “stoned”, I don’t necessarily mean “on marijuana.” I just mean “chemically enhanced”. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/3 "2010-07-08T17:41:06Z")
Yeah, I thought maybe stoned as well. Then I thought “way too overly dramatic about every moment of his life”. Then I saw his cagefighting video, and thought “yeah, probably stoned, with a little percoset mixed in”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/4 "2010-07-08T17:47:09Z")
Is anyone else picturing the guy filming this as Woody Harrelson from “2012?” ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/5 "2010-07-08T18:02:03Z")
That, that right there, is the highest muddafucka ever. Joe ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/6 "2010-07-08T18:06:18Z")
I had to laugh at the comment, “Did he masturbating himself while filming that?” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/7 "2010-07-08T18:14:52Z")
I can’t hear the comments at work, which I suspect is a BIG part of this. Double rainbows are neat, and relatively rare. This one must have been pretty bright for it to show up so well on video, but it’s not a FULL double rainbow (at least on video) – you can only see the secondary bow at the points closest to the earth. I’ve seen lots of these. But, again, i suspect the real draw is i the commentary, which I’m denied right now. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/8 "2010-07-08T18:19:14Z")
[Parody exists already](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL-oSXiIQ-E%5B/url) - rainbow dude if he were to go to KFC. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/9 "2010-07-08T18:43:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I can’t hear the comments at work, which I suspect is a BIG part of this. Yup. Let me fill in: [orgasm sounds] “What does it meeeeeeeeeeeean?!?” [more orgasm sounds] “Oh my god ohmygodOHMYGOD!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/10 "2010-07-08T18:54:59Z")
Ok, the (sometimes autotuned) “remixes” on Youtube are uproariously funny. I am posting this now that I can breathe. I have seen a much more ass-kicking rainbow than the one in the video, which was on the highway during a sudden downpour/sunshower. There was a, yes, FULL DOUBLE RAINBOW!!!, which was also crossed over by another rainbow. The latter had one end in the road right in front of me. Sadly there was no pot of gold. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/11 "2010-07-08T18:56:51Z")
Here’s [a fantastic mash-up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnEDHb1WqWw)of Double Rainbow Guy with Kermit the Frog singing “Rainbow Connection.” ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/12 "2010-07-08T19:15:40Z")
Um, I’ll have what he’s having. Make that two, please. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/13 "2010-07-08T19:42:45Z")
[Autotune’d](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA&feature=player_embedded) by the Autotune the News People. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/14 "2010-07-08T20:12:52Z")
I know this guy! Well kind of, I met him backpacking in Yosemite last year and rode the bus out of the valley back to Tuolumne Meadows with him and have emailed with him a bit since. He is crazy insane but a super nice guy. He lives in the Yosemite backcountry for the summer and ends up losing 100+ pounds every year as he effectively eats minimally in order to stay our 3-4 weeks at a stretch. He eats only vitamins and jerky the whole time. I guess he is a bit of a celebrity and pretty respected by the rangers and parks people in Yosemite as he does a lot of backcountry education as he runs into people. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/15 "2010-07-08T20:16:02Z")
Interesting, Disheavel. I’ve run into guys like that on the trail - but not quite to that extent. I think the reaction he has is hilarious, but it does speak to how honestly he probably reacts to every tiny little discovery. Sort of a Crocodile Hunter for hikers. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/16 "2010-07-08T21:08:33Z")
Something about it doesn’t look right. If you’re looking at a rainbow, the sun has to be behind you. When he pans the camera over to the left, there’s an awful lot of lens flare, as if he’s looking right into the sun. Maybe the left half of the arc is so bright that it’s overloading the camera sensor. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/17 "2010-07-08T22:26:06Z")
If he truly is into it that much (i.e. isn’t acting)-then more power to him. You don’t need drugs to enjoy something like this-it IS drugs. But, I guess in today’s jaded society we’ll just mock someone who truly is affected by something like this. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/18 "2010-07-09T00:40:50Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > If he truly is into it that much (i.e. isn’t acting)-then more power to him. You don’t need drugs to enjoy something like this-it IS drugs. But, I guess in today’s jaded society we’ll just mock someone who truly is affected by something like this. Some guy in the park wanted to see my baby girl. He looked at her in the stroller, remarked how beautiful she is, and he started crying. He was apologizing saying that’s just how he gets around babies. We talked a little and it’s not like he lost his baby or anything. He just really loves babies, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/19 "2010-07-09T04:26:03Z")
Rainbows are crazy awesome, whatever is going on his head. I once saw a gorgeous double rainbow at Girl Scout camp. A good rainbow is great. A good _double_ is insanely better. Sure, he was pretty funny, but I think there was a good bit of genuine (if enhanced, presumably chemically) emotion there. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982/20 "2010-07-09T04:51:02Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Here’s [a fantastic mash-up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnEDHb1WqWw)of Double Rainbow Guy with Kermit the Frog singing “Rainbow Connection.” By Thor’s hammer, I will do everything in my power to make this video go viral. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-double-rainbow/545982.md?page=2)