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How can you be looking at a rainbow and have someone else be looking at a rainbow and it is a different rainbow?

Everyone sees their own rainbow. The sun reflects off of a raindrop. The rainbow you see may be reflecting off a different raindrop than your neighbor. ========================= The exact center of the rainbow you see is always on the far end of a line from the center of the sun through your head. Nobody else's head can be exactly on that same line.


Do you always see a rainbow when it stops raining?

No, you do not always see a rainbow when it stops raining. For a rainbow to appear, the conditions must be right, such as sunlight and rain at the same time, with the sun at a low angle in the sky behind the observer.


Can people in different cities see the same rainbow?

Yes, people in different cities can see the same rainbow if the conditions are right. Rainbows are formed when sunlight is refracted, reflected, and dispersed in water droplets in the atmosphere, creating a spectrum of light. As long as the angle of the sun, the rain showers, and the observer's position are aligned, people in different cities can see the same rainbow at the same time.


Where do you see a rainboW?

You see a rainbow when you're facing a region of atmosphere that has water droplets in it, and the sky directly behind you is clear and the sun is shining. The sun, your head, and the center of the rainbow are all on the same straight line. So you might say that no two people can ever see exactly the same rainbow, or in other words, each sees his own rainbow, even if they're standing and experiencing it together. Is that nice or what !


Why do two observers standing apart from one another do not see the same rainbow?

Each observer sees a slightly different rainbow because each rainbow is made of individual raindrops reflecting and refracting sunlight at different angles. This causes each observer to see the rainbow from their own unique perspective, resulting in a slightly different appearance.

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Do different viewers ever see the same rainbow?

Yes.


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 can you be looking at a rainbow and have someone else be looking at a rainbow and it is a different rainbow?

Everyone sees their own rainbow. The sun reflects off of a raindrop. The rainbow you see may be reflecting off a different raindrop than your neighbor. ========================= The exact center of the rainbow you see is always on the far end of a line from the center of the sun through your head. Nobody else's head can be exactly on that same line.


Do you always see a rainbow when it stops raining?

No, you do not always see a rainbow when it stops raining. For a rainbow to appear, the conditions must be right, such as sunlight and rain at the same time, with the sun at a low angle in the sky behind the observer.


Can people in different cities see the same rainbow?

Yes, people in different cities can see the same rainbow if the conditions are right. Rainbows are formed when sunlight is refracted, reflected, and dispersed in water droplets in the atmosphere, creating a spectrum of light. As long as the angle of the sun, the rain showers, and the observer's position are aligned, people in different cities can see the same rainbow at the same time.


Why the sun and rainbow can't see at same time?

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 timeis the simple fact that the sun and the rainbow are always in exactly oppositedirections from you, and so in order to see one of them, you must look awayfrom the other one.


Where do you see a rainboW?

You see a rainbow when you're facing a region of atmosphere that has water droplets in it, and the sky directly behind you is clear and the sun is shining. The sun, your head, and the center of the rainbow are all on the same straight line. So you might say that no two people can ever see exactly the same rainbow, or in other words, each sees his own rainbow, even if they're standing and experiencing it together. Is that nice or what !


How do rainbows smell like?

Rainbows are odorless and tasteless, and they have no weight, mass, density, cost, temperature, viscosity, or tensile strength. To be perfectly honest, a rainbow is an optical illusion, visible only to you. Others may see a rainbow at the same time that you do, but nobody can see the same one that you see.


Is Rainbow Long A?

One interesting fact about rainbows is this: they are totally individual. Your view of a rainbow is your view and although the same phenomenon can be seen by another person, their view is not exactly the same as your view. So, a rainbow is as long as you can see it -- or view it -- to be. You can read more, below.


How do you know if you see the same as everyone else?

If you see them making a weird look face or scared like you then you know that they see the same.


Why and how do you see a rainbow?

You see a rainbow because you want to, and you do because you feel like it.


Is a rainbow a living thing?

No, a rainbow is not a living thing. In fact, it's not even a thing. A rainbow is the result of sunlight reflecting from the insides of droplets of rainwater. It's as real a thing as the picture of yourself that you see in a mirror, and no two people even see the same rainbow in the same place at the same time.