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Unfortunately, it's impossible to accurately measure a rainbow's radius. Rainbows are simply refracted light, and if you tried to get to the "base" of one, it would disappear before your eyes. You could, however, guesstimate if you knew the distance between two landmarks at the approximate distance from the edges of the rainbow and use that as a kind of ruler.

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