Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Up above the streets and houses...

Some atmospheric shots of  the Nice observatory wreathed in clouds  with a rainbow stretched over it.

The full rainbow wasn't visible but the clouds and light were very dramatic.  



  The rainbow didn't last long - it just faded over a cuple of minutes . The clouds around the observatory dissipated quite quickly too.


I've had the Rainbow theme tune stuck in my head since I took these photos the other evening. Its always some madly annoying song , never something I actually like.Rainbow was the UK's answer to Sesame Street in the 70s and 80s and it now has a sort of cult following. There are lots of clips on YouTube of the puppets Zippy, Bungle and  George and the very odd-seeming  human presenters. 

You can even find the infamous risqué 'twanger' sketch that was filmed as an in-house  joke but never ever  broadcast. 

2 comments:

Magpie Magic said...

I love rainbows (the real thing not some TV show). They seem to be a little bit of magic still left... Great photos.

Alison Ashwell said...

Its a pity the rainbow was already faded by the time i noticed it from the kitchen window.
Thankfully, the Rainbow theme tune has faded out.