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Light is refracted -- bent -- both as it enters the droplets and as it leaves. The amount of refraction is dependent on the wavelength -- the color -- of the light.
IF there are droplets of just the right size and IF the sun is positioned such that its light is reflected back from the droplets, an observor between the sun and the droplets will see a rainbow.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoeach raindrop acts like a tiny prism.so when the sun and rain comes out the rain refracts the suns light causing the colors to come out of the visible light (sun).
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∙ 10y agoIf the various frequencies of white light have their paths shifted slightly (by a piece of glass or by droplets of water) then each color will follow a slightly different path.
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∙ 12y agoit is the rain when it rain and the sun comes out the rainbow.
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∙ 14y agoA rainbow happens because when water shines through light the water saperates the light into diffrent colors
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Is a rainbow caused by the sun shining through raindrops?
yes.
What is reason to see rainbow?
When sunlight passes through raindrops, the rain drops act like a glass prism. The sunlight is split into the rainbow colours in the sky, and a rainbow appears.
How does a prism create a rainbow pattern of light?
White light is really all the colors of light, red to indigo, combined together. Running the light through a prism (including raindrops) splits those colors out separately because each light bends a little more or less than its neighboring colors when going through the prism (or raindrops).
Which of these can act like a prism causing the visible light spectrum to be seen in a rainbow across the sky?
there are three choices, the correct one is raindrops
How and Why are colors dispersed in optics in a rainbow How do raindrops act as prisms Role of reflection and refraction in formation of rainbow?
The sun is all the different wavelengths of light. When all these lights hit water, the change in the speed of the light causes the light to defract away from one another, so you see th rainbow effect
Can the rainbow be seen at all times of the day?
No, a rainbow has to be formed by raindrops and sun mixed together.
What happens to light when a rainbow forms?
It is refracted through raindrops.
Is a rainbow caused by the sun shining through raindrops?
yes.
Is a rainbow formed when sunlight bends as it passes through raindrops?
yes
Why is the sky under a rainbow usually lighter than the sky around it?
The lighter sky under a rainbow is created by the way that light is bent inside raindrops. The raindrops also focus the sunlight into an expanse of bright light that illuminates the sky under the rainbow's arc.
Is in a rainbow shadow will form?
A rainbow can be formed when sunlight shining from behind you, passes through raindrops ahead of you, and is split into separate colours.
Why is a rainbow sometimes seen when light passes through raindrops or prisms?
The light is refracted
What happens when white light from the sun passes through raindrops?
The light separates, or refracts (I think that's the right word) into a rainbow inside the drop and recombines into white light as it leaves the drop. That is why you need many many drops to see a rainbow.
What is reason to see rainbow?
When sunlight passes through raindrops, the rain drops act like a glass prism. The sunlight is split into the rainbow colours in the sky, and a rainbow appears.
When it's rains you'll see these in the sky?
raindrops or clouds p.s. after you might see a rainbow
How rainbow creates?
A rainbow creates by the suns reflection of the raindrops in the sky. for example, if you stood outside while it was raining with a mirror against the sun, you wood shee a little rainbow forming!
When is rainbow formed?
When sunlight passes through raindrops, the drops scatter the light which then appears to the onlooker to form a band of colors in the sky - or as we call it, a rainbow.
