A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky [1] the rainbow takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc Because of the rainbow’s importance across multiple religions and cultural beliefs, the rainbow is packed with symbolism Let’s take a look at each of the colors and what they mean. A rainbow is caused by sunlight and atmospheric conditions Light enters a water droplet, slowing down and bending as it goes from air to denser water
When light exits the droplet, it makes a rainbow. What causes a rainbow, why is it curved What are the rainbow colors, how does a double rainbow work, and what's at rainbow's end? It takes both the sun and rain to make a rainbow To put it plainly, rainbows are produced by sunlight entering water droplets, bouncing around each individual bead of water, and changing direction (refracting) to reflect off the back of the droplet to return back toward us. Rainbow, series of concentric coloured arcs that may be seen when light from a distant source—most commonly the sun —falls upon a collection of water drops—as in rain, spray, or fog
The rainbow is one of the more spectacular light shows observed on earth The traditional rainbow is sunlight spread out into its spectru m of colors and diverted to the eye of the observer by water droplets. To be scientifically correct, a rainbow is not an object but an optical illusion What reaches our eyes is visible light, which gets processed by the human eye into the vibrant bands of color we associate with a rainbow. The colors of the rainbow originate from sunlight’s visible spectrum and always appear in the sequence of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
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