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-We see rainbows when the sun is behind us and falling rain is in front of us.
-When sunlight strikes a falling drop of water, it is refracted, changed indirection, by the surface of the water.
The light continues shining into the drop of water and is reflected from the back of the drop to the front. When the beam hits the front of the drop of water, it is refracted again and it emerges from the drop as the colour spectrum that we see in a rainbow.
-The water drop acts like a prism to separate the light into its different wave lengths.
DOUBLE RAINBOW-If the beam is reflected twice inside the water drop, it will cause a secondary rainbow to appear when the light leaves the water drop. The colours of the secondary
rainbow are reversed in order with violet
on the top and red at the bottom.
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Why do you see a rainbow?
We see rainbow due to the refraction of the sun's rays by rain .
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.
When light shines through a prism what do you see?
a reflection of an image
When a beam of light is broken up into parts what do you see?
It would depend on what breaks up the light, and how much refraction occurs, but Ideally you would see light in its component colors, VIBGYOR Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red.
Does a rainbow form only after it rains?
no if it is really humid in the air it can sometimes i look at cloudds and see them also if you take a hose and aim it just right you can see a rainbow
Do everyone see the same rainbow?
Does everyone see the same rainbow
Why and how do you see a rainbow?
You see a rainbow because you want to, and you do because you feel like it.
Why do you see a rainbow?
We see rainbow due to the refraction of the sun's rays by rain .
Will you ever find the end of the rainbow?
No, as you move the rainbow you see moves too. No, because the bit of the rainbow you see is part of a circle and circles have no end. However, you can direct someone else to the place where YOU see the end of your rainbow (but THEY will not see it when they get there).
What are the of the colors of the rainbow?
There is no color your eye can see that is not in the rainbow.
What are not the colors of the rainbow?
There is no color your eye can see that is not in the rainbow.
Why rainbow is always in opposite direction of sun?
The sun has to come over your shoulder to see a rainbow because if the sun is next to the rainbow it is near impossible to see. see
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.
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.
How do we replace rainbow with a pronoun?
The pronoun that takes the place of the noun rainbow is it.Example: Look at the rainbow. Can you see it?
Is a rainbow a bow or a circle?
A rainbow is a circle. What we see from almost any point on earth is a semicircle, or just a part of the rainbow. We can only see it from horizon to horizon, or just an arc of the whole rainbow. Occasionally we can see a full circle of a rainbow in the sky surrounding the sun, and sometimes multiple ones.
Where do you see rainbow?
In the sky
