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Refraction of sunlight by raindrops, the refraction depending upon wavelength to produce the colors

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What is an arc of colored light in the sky caused by a refraction of the sun's rays by rain?

It is a rainbow


What is an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the suns Ray by rain?

It is a rainbow


What is a arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain?

this answer is rainbow. Thanks


How far away is a rainbow from earth?

A rainbow is not a physical object that can be measured for its distance from Earth. It is a meteorological phenomenon caused by the refraction, dispersion, and reflection of light in water droplets in the atmosphere, appearing as a multi-colored arc.


Does a rainbow go through the earth?

No a rainbow is the refraction of light through rain and is only an optical illusion


What does refraction means in terms of rainbows?

Refraction of bending lightrefraction means the bending of light, and the refraction of light in a prism causes to 'split' light in all its colors (that we can see and not see)Refraction is the bending of light. The bending of light is defined mathematically by Snell's law. The degree of bending through rain drops produces the various colors of the rainbow.


What are other names for rainbows?

Another name for a rainbow is a color spectrum. A rainbow, which is a natural occurrence the involves the refraction and reflection of light after a rain storm, contains the entire color spectrum of visible light.


Why do you need rain to have rainbows?

Rainbows occur when sunlight is refracted, or bent, by water droplets in the air. This refraction splits the light into its different colors, creating the rainbow. Therefore, rain is needed to create the water droplets in the air that are necessary for the formation of a rainbow.


Could rainbows happen without rain or sun?

No, rainbows occur as a result of sunlight and raindrops. The sunlight is refracted, reflected, and dispersed by the raindrops, creating the colors we see in a rainbow. Without rain or sun, the conditions needed for a rainbow to form would not be present.


Is a rainbow solid enough to walk on?

No, a rainbow is just an illusion of colors given off by a drop of water when light shines though it. More often, when the sun's rays shine through one or more drops of rain.


How come there are rainbows on earth?

rainbows are mainly caused by the mixture of water and light when the light from the sun hit the water from rain it creates a rainbow.


Why is there sometimes a rainbow in a cloud?

Simple answer: Because clouds are wet. Expanded answer: Rainbows are formed by the refraction (bending) of light, as it bends it is split into all the frequency's that make up that beam of light. as clouds are made of water vapour when they cool and become more dense and light can refract the same way it would through mist, light rain or spray