> A rainbow is a band of colors (from red on the inside to violet on the outside) assembled as an arc that is formed by reflection and refraction (or bending) of the sun's rays inside raindrops. They appear when it is raining in one part of the sky and sunny in another.
> We often see a rainbow after rain. The sun is always behind us and the rain in front of us when a rainbow appears, so the center of the rainbow's arc is directly opposite the sun.
> Most people think the only colors of a rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, but a rainbow is actually made up of an entire continuum of colors,even colors the eye can't see!
> We can see the colors of a rainbow because light of different colors is refracted when it travels from one medium, such as air, and into another- -in this case, the water of the raindrops. When all the colors that make up sunlight are combined, they look white, but once they are refracted, the colors break up into the ones we see in a rainbow.
> Everyone of us sees their own "personal" rainbow. When we look at one, we can see the light bounced off of certain raindrops, but when the person standing next to us looks at the same rainbow, they may see the light reflecting off other raindrops from a completely different angle. In addition, everyone sees colors differently according to light and how their eyes interpret it.
> We can never actually reach the end of a rainbow, where a pot of gold supposedly awaits . As we move, the rainbow that our eyes see moves as well, because the raindrops are at different spots in the atmosphere, so it will always "move away" at the same rate that we are moving.
> Sir Isaac Newton discovered the seven distinct colors of the visible spectrum
> Rainbows are positive energy, they have relaxing and healing qualities
> Rainbows are the universal symbol of peace and harmony
> The angle of light refraction to create a rainbow is 42 degrees to the eye of the observe
> Rainbows and music are made of the same stuff just vibrating at a different frequency
> The seven colors of the rainbow correspond to the seven energy centers of the body
> The true shape of a rainbow is a complete circle
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