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Semi-circle double rainbow (second one barely discernible) inWrangell-St. Elias  National Park ,Alaska. Supernumerary rainbows can be seen on the inside of the primary arc. The sky inside the primary bow is brighter than that outside.A rainbow is anopticalandmeteorologicalphenomenon that causes aspectrumof light  to appear in theskywhen theSunshines onto droplets of moisture in theEarth's  atmosphere.They take the form of amulticoloured arc, withredon the outer part of the archandvioleton the inner section of the arch. More rarely, a secondary rainbow is seen, which is a second, fainter arc, outside the primary arc, with colours in the opposite order, that is, with violet on the outside and redon the inside.A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colours. Traditionally, however, the sequenceisquantised. The most commonly cited and remembered sequence, in English, is Newton'ssevenfoldred,orange,yellow,green,blue,indigoandviolet. "Roy G. Biv" and "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" are popular mnemonics. Rainbows can be caused by other forms of water than rain, including mist, spray, anddew.
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