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 into the drop and is reflected from the back of the drop to the front. When the beam hits the front it is refracted again and emerges from the drop as the color spectrum that we see in a rainbow.
The water drop acts like a prism to separate the light into its different wave lengths.
Yes, a double rainbow is relatively rare to see in the sky. It occurs when sunlight is both reflected and refracted in raindrops, creating a secondary rainbow above the primary one.
A rainbow forms in the sky when sunlight is refracted, or bent, by raindrops in the atmosphere. The sunlight is split into its different colors, creating the arc of colors that we see in a rainbow.
A rainbow forms in the sky when sunlight is refracted, or bent, by raindrops in the atmosphere. This bending of light causes the different colors of the spectrum to separate and create the beautiful arc of colors that we see in a rainbow.
A rainbow forms in the sky when sunlight is refracted, or bent, by raindrops in the atmosphere. This bending of light causes the different colors of the spectrum to separate and create the beautiful arc of colors that we see in a rainbow.
A rainbow is made of sunlight and water droplets in the air. When sunlight hits the water droplets, it is refracted, or bent, and then reflected inside the droplet. This causes the light to separate into its different colors, creating the rainbow we see in the sky.
You see a rainbow because you want to, and you do because you feel like it.
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).
There is no color your eye can see that is not in the rainbow.
There is no color your eye can see that is not in the rainbow.
No, different people may see slightly different rainbows depending on their viewing angle and distance from the rainbow. Each person's perspective will affect the portion of the rainbow they are able to see.
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.
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.
When you see a rainbow, you can enjoy its beauty and take a moment to appreciate the natural phenomenon.
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.
rainbow
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Somewhere over the rainbow :d