The bifrost is REAL!!! Or at least it looks a heck of a lot like it does. As seen from the International Space Station, taken by astronaut Don Pettit, this ish is REAL guys.
Here in golden glory.
..and another close-up.
Here in rainbow brightness.
whoa.
With a piece of the space station for a frame of reference.
Yea, this is out of this world, literally. The scientific explanation is that it is a long exposure picture of star trails, so pictures of stars flying by as the space station travels through outerspace. Here is the link to the
NASA flickr page for the image set.