Because the tiny particles of water in the air reflect the sunlight. The light splits and certain colours are reflected.
When a rainbow is visible to you, the sun, your head, and the center of the rainbow's circular arc are all in a line. The sun must be in a clear sky, and the air in front of you must be filled with water droplets.
Yes, a rainbow can occur when the sun is shining while it's snowing. The sunlight can refract and reflect off the snowflakes, creating the necessary conditions for a rainbow to form in the sky.
A rainbow occurs when sunlight is refracted, reflected, and dispersed in raindrops, producing a spectrum of light. The necessary conditions for a rainbow to form include sunlight, raindrops, and the observer positioned between the sun and the rain.
The sun refleing off the water
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 !
Rainbows! Sun rays diffract in water droplets to form rainbow.
The sun reflects off of the water to form cool colors like rainbow colors. God just created it that way.
Water! rainbows are reflections of the sun on water.
Cause there is water near by and the sun is in front of it and it makes a rainbow and there is not end of a rainbow or a pot of gold
they prism glints off from the sun causing a spectaculer rainbow
The sunlight has to be refracted by water drops in order for the sunlight to form a rainbow.
Water, Sun, Eye and Brain
The 2 main substances needed to start a rainbow are water and sun.
When you see a rainbow, there is a direct straight line from the sun (in a clear sky), through your head, to the center of the rainbow (in water-droplet-filled air).
When a rainbow is visible to you, the sun, your head, and the center of the rainbow's circular arc are all in a line. The sun must be in a clear sky, and the air in front of you must be filled with water droplets.
Rainbow?
water and sun light