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RAINBOWS
RAINBOWS ARE
FORMED WHEN LIGHT
FROM THE SUN IS
SCATTERED BY WATER
DROPLETS (E.G.
RAINDROPS OR FOG)
THROUGH A PROCESS
CALLED REFRACTION.
REFRACTION OCCURS
WHEN THE LIGHT FROM
THE SUN CHANGES
A RAINBOW IS AN OPTICAL PHENOMENON THAT CAN OCCUR
DIRECTION WHEN
UNDER CERTAIN METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. IT IS CAUSED BY
PASSING THROUGH A
REFRACTION, INTERNAL REFLECTION AND DISPERSION OF LIGHT
MEDIUM DENSER THAN
IN WATER DROPLETS RESULTING IN A CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM
AIR, SUCH AS A
OF LIGHT APPEARING IN THE SKY. THE RAINBOW TAKES THE
RAINDROP.
FORM OF A MULTICOLOURED CIRCULAR ARC.
A RAINBOW HAS
SEVEN COLORS
BECAUSE WATER
DROPLETS IN THE
ATMOSPHERE BREAK
SUNLIGHT INTO SEVEN
COLORS. A PRISM
SIMILARLY DIVIDES
LIGHT INTO SEVEN
COLORS. WHEN LIGHT
DOUBLE RAINBOWS ARE FORMED WHEN LEAVES ONE MEDIUM
AND ENTERS
SUNLIGHT IS REFLECTED TWICE WITHIN A
ANOTHER, THE LIGHT
RAINDROP WITH THE VIOLET LIGHT THAT CHANGES ITS
REACHES THE OBSERVER'S EYE COMING PROPAGATION
FROM THE HIGHER RAINDROPS AND THE DIRECTION AND
BENDS. THIS IS
RED LIGHT FROM LOWER RAINDROPS.
CALLED REFRACTION.
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