2007-01-03 03:38:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no and why is that question in religion
2007-01-03 05:20:21 · answer #1 · answered by Beast8981 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's the scientific explanation. Rainbows are more than a few millennia old, no matter what theists say. And why did you post this in the R&S section? It's a science question.
The rainbow effect can be observed whenever there are water drops in the air and sunlight shining from behind the observer at a low altitude or angle. The most spectacular rainbow displays when half of the sky is still dark with draining clouds and the observer is at a spot with clear sky overhead. The rainbow effect is also commonly seen near waterfalls or fountains. Rainbow fringes can sometimes be seen at the edges of backlit clouds and as vertical bands in distant rain or virga. The effect can also be artificially created by dispersing water droplets into the air during a sunny day.
In a very few cases, a moonbow, or night-time rainbow, can be seen on strongly moonlit nights. As human visual perception for colour in low light is poor, moonbows are most often perceived to be white.
The rainbow's appearance is caused by dispersion of sunlight as it is refracted by (approximately spherical) raindrops. The light is first refracted as it enters the surface of the raindrop, reflected off the back of the drop (total internal reflection), and again refracted as it leaves the drop. The overall effect is that the incoming light is reflected back over a wide range of angles, with the most intense light at an angle of about 40°–42°. This angle is independent of the size of the drop, but does depend on its refractive index. As seawater has a higher refractive index than rain water, the radius of a 'rain'bow in a sea spray is smaller than a true rainbow. This is visible to the naked eye by a misalignment of these bows.
Since the water is dispersive, the amount that the sunlight is bent depends upon the wavelength, and hence colour, of the light's constituent parts. Blue light is refracted at a greater angle than red light, but because the area of the back of the droplet has a focal point inside the droplet, the spectrum crosses itself, and therefore the red light appears higher in the sky, and forms the outer colour of the rainbow. Contrary to popular belief, the light at the back of the raindrop does not undergo total internal reflection; however, light that emerges from the back of the raindrop does not create a rainbow between the observer and the Sun. The spectra emitted from the back of the raindrop do not have a maximum of intensity, as the other visible rainbows do, and thus the colours blend together and do not form a rainbow.
2007-01-03 04:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by eldad9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No- they are streams of light. A rainbow is sunlight spread out into a spectrum of colors and is diverted to the eye of the observer by water droplets.
But God says in Genesis 9:8-17 that the rainbow is His promise to us that He will never flood the earth to destroy it again.
God is more fun and beautiful than science lol
Heidi
2007-01-03 03:43:59 · answer #3 · answered by heidiklinden 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
rainbows are God's promise to His people that he will never flood the entire earth again
2007-01-03 03:42:42 · answer #4 · answered by Sunspot Baby 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look in the mirror and you will see a shadow!
2007-01-03 03:40:19 · answer #5 · answered by Gladiator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're a sign of God's promise that He wouldnt destroy the Earth with water again.
2007-01-03 03:41:08 · answer #6 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Definitely refractions.
2007-01-03 03:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
nope. They're refractions
2007-01-03 03:39:50 · answer #8 · answered by mxzptlk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they are the farts of gay (happy) people spreading flowers everywhere (like hippies). Happy hippies.
2007-01-03 03:41:03 · answer #9 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
no
2007-01-03 03:39:26 · answer #10 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋