All Rainbows in my hand..... !

Date of Issue -25 April 2008

Hi ! Many of you will be surprised to read the title of today's Post ! But its true that I got my most favourite stamp of Poland depicting a Rainbow with full set in a complete sheetlet. When I received the envelope I was thrilled to see the complete meterological phenomenon set on it. But When I opened it I was overjoyed to find full sheetlet of these magificent stamps. Many thanks to my blogger friend Andrzej of Poland who did such a big favour to me by sending these stamps to me. Thanks a lot Mr. Andrezej for these Rainbow stamps from a beautiful country. Well, I am a great fan of Polish stamps. The designs of all the stamps are always very exclusive depicting great sense of aesthetics ! I cann't find a suitable word for these philatelic beauties I just can say fabulous and awesome ! While I am writing this post, I am full of immense pleasure and it is the happiest moment for me that I am showing here my most favourite stamps which I was looking for a long time! Now I got it and I am overjoyed and sharing the beautiful sheetlet with all of you. In fact the whole set seems to be in Rainbow colors and I personally find the set as one of the most beautiful sets ever issued by a nation. See some more stamps on Rainbow in my earlier posts with label Rainbow ! This is all for Today.....Till next Post ....Have a Nice Time !

Courtesy - Andrzej

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The four stamps shown above depict following Meterological phenomenon.

Sand blizzard - the sand being carried up high above the ground level by the strong, hot wind. It can be very arduous for the inhabitants of the desert areas.

Lightnings - The atmospheric electric discharges, born in the high rainclouds (cumulonimbus) in the result of the great temperature gradient and the strong wind. The lightning in fact is an electric spark, zeroing the charge difference between the cloud and the earth or between two individual clouds.

Rainbow - an arch of the diffracted sunlight. It emerges in the result of refraction, diffraction and the total internal reflection of solar rays in the small raindrops in the atmosphere. It is visible only if the Sun shines from behind of the observer and is sufficiently low (less than 40 degrees) above the horizon.

Tornado - a great funnel shaped whirl of air and liquefied water vapor, reaching up to the clouds. It rotates with enormous speed (400 km/h, for example, and creates giant difference of pressure inside. If it touches the earth, it destroys everything on its way, leaving behind a few hundreds meter wide trace of ruins on a distance of some 10-20 km.

Stamp with a Rainbow

Hi ! After a long time I came across another lovely 'Rainbow' on stamp issued by Germany on 2 January 2009. The other stamps of the set are shown below. These are charity stamps depicting four different meterological phenomenona.Sky is one of the best and most beautiful gifts of Nature. Sometimes its great to look at the sky to see something beautiful and unusual.We often get chance to see a rainbow and lightnings during rains and also various eye pleasing views formed by the clouds.The view of the clouds is different in hills as sometimes they give a magnificent look by upward movement from lower hills to upper area. Luckily I have a chance to see several pictresque views of the clouds as I have been living in a hills since a long time. But all of these rainbow is my all time favourite. If I get it on a stamp I am really thrilled. Here is the beautiful stamp perhaps going to be most beautiful stamp for the year 2009 for me.As the stamps depicting a Rainbow are rarely seen and issued. Scientifically Rainbow is known as an arch of the diffracted sunlight. It emerges in the result of refraction, diffraction and the total internal reflection of solar rays in the small raindrops in the atmosphere. It is visible only if the Sun shines from behind of the observer and is sufficiently low (less than 40 degrees) above the horizon. This is the science of Rainbow but its beauty is beyond compare.Lightnings are not cool and beautiful as rainbow sometimes they give a shuddering experience and at night it increases our heartbeat and lightens the dark room at night giving an experience of a horror movie . Lightning is the atmospheric electric discharge, born in the high rainclouds (cumulonimbus) in the result of the great temperature gradient and the strong wind. The lightning in fact is an electric spark, zeroing the charge difference between the cloud and the earth or between two individual clouds.However its a wonderful phenomenon . The spark in the dark clouds also represents high energy so it has its own beauty and philosophy though sometimes horryifying. I am very thankful to our very distinguished member Mr. Shrikant Parikh, from Ahmedabad who sent me theses amazing images remembering my favourite theme and adding colours with a real rainbow in today's Post ! Well this is the RAINBOW Post for Today!.... Stay tuned !.....Till Next Post....... ...Have a Great Time !

The above set of Charity stamps was issued by Germany on 2 January 2009 depicting four different Meteorological Phenomena.

Stamp with a Rainbow

I have been looking for a beautiful stamp depicting a lovely rainbow since I started Rainbow Stamp News and Rainbow Stamp Club . Finally I got it through net surfing . I am so thrilled that I want to share it with you perhaps it is the most beautiful stamp I have ever seen. The most striking is the magnificent colours used on the stamps and the strong contrast between the picture of the stamps and the black border. Rainbow is one of most beautiful gifts of the nature and it always fascinates me whenever it appears in the sky after a pleasant rain and I never miss to capture it in my camera . The beauty increases when there appears a secondary rainbow which is just reverse in colors of the primary rainbow. With this beautiful picture I have started a new theme, to collect rainbow on stamps. Please send me the images of the stamps depicting rainbow if you ever get it, I will be very thankful. This rainbow stamp is the part of a set which was issued on 25th April 2008 by Poland on The Meteorological Phenomena.The other stamps are equally beautiful in splendid colors. The all four-stamps show the beauty of meteorological phenomena as fixed on the photographs. The graphic layout suggests that the slides have been shown in such a way to enhance their contrast and colors. Each stamp presents one phenomenon representative for each of the following mentioned groups hydrometeors, lithometeors, photometeors and electrometeors. The deatils are given below. Please have a look and I wish you may soon get a chance to see a bright rainbow after a cool rain in this hot summer. Have a nice day !

Date of Issue- 25 April 2008

The Meteorological Phenomena
Since the earliest times people used to watch carefully the nature, trying to foretell by the clouds or animal's behavior, for example, the oncoming storm, rain or drought. Nowadays we just look at the TV weather forecast while planning an excursion or simply choosing the suitable dress for tomorrow and to be sure if we would need an umbrella. The weather influences our general frame of mind, but we have no influence on it, either. Not infrequently the nature shows us its tremendous power in the floods or hurricanes, for example. But there are also many meteorological phenomena that may pass unwatched for us, and sometimes it is simply worth to look at the sky to see something beautiful and unusual.The meteorological phenomena as to their nature: hydrometeors (rain, hail, frost, tornado), lithometeors (dust or sand blizzards or whirls), photometeors (halo, rainbow, mirage), electrometeors (storm, lightning, aurora borealis)

Meteorology - A branch of science, investigating the atmospheric phenomena. Based on the results of measurements of the main parameters (such as the air temperature, humidity, and pressure together with the wind speed) and the data, provided by the radars, air probes and satellites the complex analysis (today mostly computer-aided) is executed of their complicated mutual influences. Its results, or synoptic prognoses, are indispensable for the different sectors of country's economy, as in agriculture, for example, in order to avoid the catastrophic crops losses, or simply in the flight control.

Sand blizzard - the sand being carried up high above the ground level by the strong, hot wind. It can be very arduous for the inhabitants of the desert areas.

Lightnings - The atmospheric electric discharges, born in the high rainclouds (cumulonimbus) in the result of the great temperature gradient and the strong wind. The lightning in fact is an electric spark, zeroing the charge difference between the cloud and the earth or between two individual clouds.

Rainbow - an arch of the diffracted sunlight. It emerges in the result of refraction, diffraction and the total internal reflection of solar rays in the small raindrops in the atmosphere. It is visible only if the Sun shines from behind of the observer and is sufficiently low (less than 40 degrees) above the horizon.

Tornado - a great funnel shaped whirl of air and liquefied water vapor, reaching up to the clouds. It rotates with enormous speed (400 km/h, for example, and creates giant difference of pressure inside. If it touches the earth, it destroys everything on its way, leaving behind a few hundreds meter wide trace of ruins on a distance of some 10-20 km.