My eggs were iridescent this morning

    by AudiobookEnjoyer

    41 Comments

    1. Efficient_Pie3317 on

      That’s actually really cool looking, almost like an oil slick trapped in the egg white.

    2. Posted 20 minutes ago. They are blissfully unaware, sitting in their recliner trying to get motivated to take their plate back to the kitchen. Then they will look at their phone and see that their reddit post blew up. “oh! Someone must have an answer about my egg rainbow!”

    3. This isn’t bacteria, it’s caused by thin-film interference. When light hits the very thin layer of the clear part of the egg, some reflects off the top surface while some passes through, and reflects off the pan, and comes back out.

      Depending on the film’s thickness, some wavelengths of light reinforce while others cancel, creating the rainbow colors.

      It’s the same physics behind soap bubbles or oil slicks.

    4. Wow, posted 28m ago… so… OPs body is probably still warm… I normally come way too late to these posts!

      Edit:

      38 minutes now, better start writing the obituary…

      OP was into, among other things, Lego, PCs, Ohio State Football, Costco and 3D Printing, as well as of course, being an avid enjoyer of audiobooks.

      RIP OP

    5. BladeSplitter12 on

      Oh no, usually I spot these thread when they’re several hours old, but I’m here before OP has returned and now have to wait to see the outcome…

      God speed, OP

    6. chaunceychaunce on

      “If you look to the south, we have a small precipitation cell coming, expecting to see about an inch of rain, winds of about 30mph.”

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