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- From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Noah's formation: The rainbow
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.165921.29128@public.sub.org>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 16:59:21 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.091322.13842@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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- cpyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
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- >I understand how a single prism refracts white light to form a rainbow.
- >Could someone explain the nature of a true (Noah's Arc type) rainbow,
- >as formed by rain?
-
- I see that you already got a decent answer. But I have a related one:
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- Is it only me or does the sky beneath a rainbow also appear lighter
- to others than the sky above a rainbow (or wait, was it the other way
- around?)? But anyway, for my eye there is definitely a jump in
- brightness of the background sky (normally rain clouds) from beneath
- to above the rainbow. Any explanation for this?
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