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The order of colors in a secondary rainbow is reversed compared to a primary rainbow, so the inside curve would have a slightly broader band of red at the top and blue at the bottom.

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Why do rainbows curve?

Its because the rainbow is actually a circle. You only see the segment that goes from horizon to horizon. Sometimes you can see the whole rainbow, even multiple ones around the sun as the light filters through upper level atmosphoric moisture (:


Does the rainbow touch the ground?

A rainbow is a trick of the light and has no physical properties. The water drops that cause the light to show up as a rainbow can come down and touch the ground, so a rainbow can look like it is touching the ground around waterfalls and similar water features, and is so high up in the air that it appears to touch the horizon. But the rainbow will move as the observer's eyes move, so you can never get to the rainbow, but it may appear to someone else that you have reached the end of the rainbow.If you were in a plane looking down on a rainbow you would see a complete circle. From below we only see part of it because of the Earth's curve etc. And as described above only you can see the particular rainbow that you are seeing. It looks different to anyone else because of the way the millions of raindrops reflect light individually and so differ even to someone next to you.


Why does a rainbow curve?

The refraction of white light into colors in a rainbow creates a complete circle from the viewer's perspective, but half of the circle normally appears to be below ground level. From some high altitude viewpoints, and in the laboratory, the full circle form of a rainbow can be seen. To produce one, you could try standing on a platform above a pool or white surface and spraying water toward the surface below. (see related links)


What causes rainbows to bend?

Each droplet of rain is actually a sphere that refracts white light from the sun into all the different colors of the spectrum. Each visible color comes off at a different angle from each drop in the shape of a cone. The droplets directly in front of you are throwing cones of color all around you and you can't see them. As you reach a certain angle away from you, you catch the small part of each cone from millions of spheres and it the colors appear to form a circle. In a plane you can see rainbows in full circles. On the ground you lose half to the horizon. Also, this is why you can't find the gold at the end of the rainbow. Because it always depends on your position relative to the sun and the rain, it will always move as you move or disappear.


What is a light curve?

Light

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