Neil deGrasse Tyson Honored the Victims of the Orlando Attack in the Most Fitting Way
By Mic, June 15, 2016
On Wednesday, celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson honored the victims of Sunday's mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, which left at least 50 dead, including the gunman and 53 more wounded.
Tyson added his voice to the outpouring of LGBTQ-support on social media by tweeting out a scientific explanation of rainbows and how we've come to understand them throughout history.
Neil deGrasse Tyson ✔ @neiltysonHe ended the science lesson with a powerful tweet showing the rainbow-colored LGBTQ pride flag next to the Orlando city seal.
The exact Rainbow any of us sees in the sky is entirely our own -- a personal, yet communal gift from the laws of optics.
12:41 PM - 14 Jun 2016
Neil deGrasse Tyson ✔ @neiltyson
A Rainbow forms only broadside to your line of sight. That's why the pot of Gold at its base remains eternally out of reach.
12:55 PM - 14 Jun 2016
Neil deGrasse Tyson ✔ @neiltyson
If we had vision like @StarTrek’s Giordi, Rainbows would look twice as thick, and include parts of ultraviolet & infrared.
1:13 PM - 14 Jun 2016
Neil deGrasse Tyson ✔ @neiltyson
Most people can take or leave Indigo as a Rainbow color, but Newton was mystically fascinated with 7, so we’re stuck with it.
1:26 PM - 14 Jun 2016
Neil deGrasse Tyson ✔ @neiltyson...................................................................................................................................................................
And sometimes you will find colors of the Rainbow on flags.
1:31 PM - 14 Jun 2016
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