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- Because the sun reflects off the moist air and makes one.
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What must happen to cause a rainbow?
In order for a rainbow to happen it needs to rain. Just after you see the rain is gone a rainbow appears for a short moment. A mixture of rain and light creates a rainbow. You could even use a glass with water and sunlight for a rainbow to appear.
What acts as as the prism to produce a rainbow in the sky?
from my experence i think it is water because it only happens after rain and during sunny days and you put your house to mist you can see the rainbow
Why might you only see a rainbow when rain is in front of you?
Because the angle of the Sun in relation to the viewer must be within a specific range.
Why isn't there a rainbow during most rain storms?
There are a few reasons why a rainbow may not be seen after a storm. If there are clouds blocking the sunlight, no rainbow will appear. Additionally, your location may interfere with your ability to see a rainbow because a rainbow is only viewable from certain angles. While it might be raining on you there may not enough humidity in the surrounding area to make a rainbow appear. Where I live (West Texas) we get rain but it may be so dry in the surrounding area that no rainbow appears.
Is a rainbow a source of light?
No. In order to see a rainbow in front of you, there must be a source of light behind you, and the rainbow you see will only have the colors of the source in it.
Why do you see a rainbow?
We see rainbow due to the refraction of the sun's rays by rain .
Which appear in the sky after rain?
If it is sunny after the rain has stopped, you are likely to see a rainbow in the sky.
What angle do you have to be at to see a rainbow?
One doesn't have to be at any specific angle to see a rainbow. What is Dependent on seeing the rainbow is the location of the rain, and sun relative to you. The sun is always behind a rainbow when seen. So you would be in front of the rainbow, rain, and the sun. Also, No two people see the same rainbow unless a picture or video was taken of the rainbow.
What must happen to cause a rainbow?
In order for a rainbow to happen it needs to rain. Just after you see the rain is gone a rainbow appears for a short moment. A mixture of rain and light creates a rainbow. You could even use a glass with water and sunlight for a rainbow to appear.
What acts as as the prism to produce a rainbow in the sky?
from my experence i think it is water because it only happens after rain and during sunny days and you put your house to mist you can see the rainbow
Where does the white light from a rainbow come from?
When sunlight shines through rain drops, the rain drops act like a prism, and the sunlight is split into the rainbow colours we see and know as a rainbow.
Why do you see a rainbow after a rainstorm?
The sun has probably been out before, and you know what sun and rain makes: a rainbow.
Why might you only see a rainbow when rain is in front of you?
Because the angle of the Sun in relation to the viewer must be within a specific range.
Does a rainbow go through the earth?
No a rainbow is the refraction of light through rain and is only an optical illusion
Why do you get the colors in a rainbow?
you get the colours in a rainbow because of the sun magnifying through the rain and projecting the coulours of the rainbow. if you squint at a light you will see a rainbow around it. it works a bit like that
Who said if you want to see the rainbow you have to put up with the rain?
Dolly Parton
Who is girlfriend of rain?
The rainbow is rain's girlfriend that why when it fain and go away the rainbow that looking for rain.
