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How big are the waves in a rainbow?

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18y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

The sun's radiation that is not blocked by the earth's atmosphere ranges from ultraviolet B - at a wavelength of 280 nanometres through visible light to deep infra red, with a wavelength of 1 millimetre. Although the whole range is not visible, the wavelengths are present in a rainbow.

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