you see, i was at my cousins graduation party and my dad noticed it with his shades on and i tried to see it. i couldn't see it. my dad gave me his sunglasses and i saw it.
2006-07-23 12:02:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
This can happen if the light forming the rainbow is polarized. Water droplet clouds can polarize light and sometimes create optical effects like this. But other things can also. Here are two things you can do to reproduce the effect.
One, put polarized sunglasses on and watch the windows of vehicles on the rod. You will see some have white blotches or spots on them, some appear deep violet, and others have various rainbows on them. This is due to plastic embedded inside the glass or polarized window coatings.
Two, get thin plastic like polystyrene, and some of those clear polystyrene boxes that small parts come it. Place one lens of polarized sunglasses over a flashlight, and wear another pair of polarized sunglasses. In a dark room, light the plastic boxes with the ploarized flashlight and look at them through the sunglasses. You will see rainbows of color by overlapping the plastic boxes and plastic.
2006-07-23 12:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by aichip_mark2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen these, too. I think that they are just very faint, so using sunglasses to filter out some of the ultraviolet rays (and the blue of the sky) makes the rainbow show up more.
2006-07-23 19:05:01 · answer #2 · answered by ziz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I've seen that happen. Sometimes, if you look at a tinted window with sunglasses on, there will be a rainbow.
2006-07-23 19:04:36 · answer #3 · answered by ibkidd37 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polarized sunglasses can do that. With good polarized sunglasses, like the ones they sell for fishing, you can also see bubbles in car tint that you cant see with your naked eye. Sometimes you can see rainbows in glass with them on too.
2006-07-23 19:04:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of that, but I was told to see a rainbow, you have to have your back towards the sun
2006-07-23 19:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by sharkgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cool. no i never heard of that before. i live out west and we have double rainbows, one is right over the other one.
2006-07-23 19:08:13 · answer #6 · answered by chapes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they were magical shades.
2006-07-23 19:04:30 · answer #7 · answered by Federico 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL IT WAS PEOBLEY SOMETHING IN THE SHADED THAT DOES THAT...LIKE LOOKING AT...GAS ON THR GROUND..
2006-07-23 19:07:25 · answer #8 · answered by ghettogal12k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but very interesting question......
2006-07-23 19:04:25 · answer #9 · answered by rebeldefan#1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-23 19:03:56 · answer #10 · answered by xlindsey_xlu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋