The Man-Made Rainbow Machine

College professor and artist Michael Jones McKean made a machine that generates two-story rainbows with the flip of a switch. His rainbow machine is comprised of commercial jet pumps and custom-designed nozzles that spray a dense wall of water into the sky—it’s the same as how you can get a rainbow from the sprinkler in your backyard, just on a much more impressive scale.

Read more over on Gizmodo

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3 Comments leave a comment below

  1. Pots of gold for everyone!

    Have an amazing 2011, Tina. Keep posting!

  2. Sweet! Wonder if he could make the rare double rainbow where the colors are flipped?

  3. Double complete rainbow… all the way across the sky!