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Rainbow. Rainbows occur when the observer is facing falling rain but with the Sun behind them. White light is reflected inside the raindrops and split
Rainbow. Rainbows occur when the observer is facing falling rain but with the Sun behind them. White light is reflected inside the raindrops and split into its component colours by refraction. Photographed in Kansas, USA.
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Photo credit: © JIM REED/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 07/05/02, 7, 2002, 7th, america, atmosphere, atmospheric, countryside, dark, effect, expansive, farmland, illusion, kansas, large, meteorology, multicoloured, optical, outdoors, overcast, rainbow, rural, trees, usa, weather