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There is no "why" because the hypothesis of the question is false.

You absolutely can see the sun and a rainbow at the same time. In fact,

if the sun isn't there, in a patch of clear sky, then there can't be a rainbow.

Maybe the reason for your impression that you can't see them at the same time

is the simple fact that the sun and the rainbow are always in exactly opposite

directions from you, and so in order to see one of them, you must look away

from the other one.

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