Not if you're on relatively flat ground. The rainbow you see can be a complete circle
if you're on a high place looking down into a valley, or if you're looking down out of
an airplane.
No, rainbows form a full circle, but we only see a semicircle due to the horizon blocking the bottom half. The shape of a rainbow depends on the observer's position relative to the sunlight and water droplets that create it.
No. A rainbow is really a circle. You can only see part of it when you're on land, but if you happen to see one below you while you're in an airplane, you can often see the full circle.
Rainbows are an optical illusion, they are not "real". You cannot view them from above; they will always appear the way they appear from the ground.
The would be if the ground didn't get in the way. If you're on a mountain or high ground looking into a valley, or looking down from an airplane, and the sun is high behind you and the air below you is full of water droplets, then you can see the full circle of the rainbow.
I have heard (Read: Urban Legend) that aircraft pilots commonly report seeing rainbows that are entirely circular. This is something I have not as yet experienced, hence the "Urban Legend" annotation.
Rainbows appear as circles when viewed from above because the sunlight is refracted and reflected inside raindrops, creating a full circle of colors.
If you are in a airplane rainbows are actually a circle shape,but from our view it is semi-circle.
When two rainbows are put together in photoshop.
The would be if the ground didn't get in the way. If you're on a mountain or high ground looking into a valley, or looking down from an airplane, and the sun is high behind you and the air below you is full of water droplets, then you can see the full circle of the rainbow.
No, rainbows form a full circle, but we only see a semicircle due to the horizon blocking the bottom half. The shape of a rainbow depends on the observer's position relative to the sunlight and water droplets that create it.
No. A rainbow is really a circle. You can only see part of it when you're on land, but if you happen to see one below you while you're in an airplane, you can often see the full circle.
Rainbows are an optical illusion, they are not "real". You cannot view them from above; they will always appear the way they appear from the ground.
They are circular. Normally people only see fragments of rainbows, but they do make a complete circle. It just depends on your eye sight and the conditions of which the rainbow appears.
The would be if the ground didn't get in the way. If you're on a mountain or high ground looking into a valley, or looking down from an airplane, and the sun is high behind you and the air below you is full of water droplets, then you can see the full circle of the rainbow.
Fold it in half.
Take the full circle and fold it in half by taking one edge and bringing it to the other side of the circle.
I have heard (Read: Urban Legend) that aircraft pilots commonly report seeing rainbows that are entirely circular. This is something I have not as yet experienced, hence the "Urban Legend" annotation.