Who knew these “rainy arches” had such a colorful history?! Source: 17 wonderfully curious facts about rainbows . During the Renaissance, it was decided that, no, there were four colors: red, blue, green, and yellow. By the 17th century, western thinkers had agreed upon five colors: red, yellow, green, blue, and purple. 9. In 1637Continue reading “Facts about Rainbows”
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Double Rainbow Across the Sky and Over the Sea
http://www.weather.com/news/science/skywatching-double-rainbow-20130513 During a particularly lucky scenario, two rainbows will form at the same time. The first and brighter rainbow is called the primary rainbow. This rainbow is created by the process described above, and only requires the light to reflect off of the raindrop once before refracting out of the raindrop The second and moreContinue reading “Double Rainbow Across the Sky and Over the Sea”
Rainbow at Surfers Paradise
A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection of light in water droplets in the Earth’s atmosphere, resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite theContinue reading “Rainbow at Surfers Paradise”
