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Each droplet of rain is actually a sphere that refracts white light from the sun into all the different colors of the spectrum. Each visible color comes off at a different angle from each drop in the shape of a cone.
The droplets directly in front of you are throwing cones of color all around you and you can't see them. As you reach a certain angle away from you, you catch the small part of each cone from millions of spheres and it the colors appear to form a circle.
In a plane you can see rainbows in full circles. On the ground you lose half to the horizon.
Also, this is why you can't find the gold at the end of the rainbow. Because it always depends on your position relative to the sun and the rain, it will always move as you move or disappear.
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Can you make a sentence with the word fascinate?
Rainbows Rainbows fascinate Rainbows Rainbows..!
Can rainbows be formed by prisms?
Yes, the refraction of light through a 60o prism will separate the light into a spectrum (a rainbow). Which then causes the light to refracted internally causing light to bend in different directions because of the speed of the light. Red light being the faster one and violet being the slowest one.
Who made the rainbows?
No one made the rainbows. Rainbows are a naturally occurring phenomenon.
Do rainbows exist?
Rainbows do exist, yes.
Can rainbows never appear?
Rainbows cannot appear if there's no rain and sun afterwards. Rainbows root word is rain so for that reason rain has to appear in this event. But sum rainbows can appear in different weather? Rainbows cannot appear with out rain. Rainbows cannot appear with out rain. ----
Do rainbows bend light?
No. Water droplets bend light to make rainbows.
What can bend light?
change of medium causes light to bend
What causes the coleoptile to bend?
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Why does oil and water make a rainbow?
Water and oil can make rainbows because they can bend and fragment the light into the basic color spectrum.
What is the muscle that causes parts of the body to bend?
A flexor is a muscle that causes a joint to bend. In contrast, an extension is a muscle that straightens a joint.
What. Causes. Fingers. To. Bend?
when you crack your fingers, your fingers can't bend when you're older.
What causes fingers not to bend?
when you crack your fingers, your fingers can't bend when you're older.
What substance causes the coleoptile to bend?
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What is the property of light that causes it to bend?
refraction
What causes a tie rod to bend?
There are many causes for a tie rod on a vehicle to bend. This can occur due to hitting a pothole while driving or a curb.
How do get rainbows?
The sun makes rainbows when white sunlight passes through rain drops. The raindrops act like tiny prisms. They bend the different colors in white light, so the light spreads out into a band of colors that can be reflected back to you as a rainbow.
What does the term ''refraction'' mean in terms of rainbows?
This refers to the degree at which the direction of the light rays change (ie 'bend') when they pass through drops of water.
