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| Description: How are rainbows formed? Rainbows are formed when light shines through water, like when the sun shines through the rain. This light is bent and reflected, like a reflection in a mirror, and this causes all of the amazing colors that you see. rainbows are actually full circles. Rainbows normally appear from the rain, but they can happen wherever light is being bent inside of water droplets. Rainbows can be seen in mist, fog, spray, and dew. Does everyone see the same rainbow? Actually, what makes rainbows so special is that no two people see the same exact thing. Since it all depends on how the light is being bent and reflected back to you, everyone sees something different. Do all rainbows have the same radius? The radius of the rainbow is proportional to the distance it is away from the viewer. So, it is never the same. The angle subtended at the eye of the viewer is always the same, but I cannot remember what that is. Is the color red always on the inside or outside of the rainbow? Only in the primary rainbow that we see much more easily is the red on the outside of the arc. When there is a double rainbow, the fainter secondary rainbow is higher in the sky than the primary and the colors are reversed. Picture Stats: Views: 1078 Filesize: 430.75kB Height: 1192 Width: 1593 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=42543 |