what makes rainbows different shapes and sizes?? hmmm?

Question

I know how rainbows are made ...but why arent they all the same size n shape? Am i stoopid? :(

Answer 1

Rainbows are all the same shape and size. A rainbow always lies on a 42 degree arc around the shadow of your head. Some might be longer than others, but they always have the same radius, and are always arcs on a circle. You can read more about how they are formed, and why this is so at the reference.

Answer 2

Amazing things ..rainbows. Double ones are always color reversed..ever notice that..?...
And even if you see one that is off to one side or the other of the sun, it still is a perfect bow...you never see one oblique..they always 'face' you, like horizons....

I used to wonder when i was young, why i didn't see rainbows when i cried...rainbows are for spirits tears, our eyes aren't big enough windows for our spirit lite to shine rainbows.

Unfinished rainbows remind me of things I've left undone..i am always disappointed the rest of them is missing...beautiful things ought always be complete..

I have ran toward rainbows that i thought so close i could catch them...only to learn that they are illusions and not meant to be mine..

The natives thought there ancestors visited where a rainbow
touched the ground...and i think that is spiritual, not stoopid at all..

Rainbows are celestial gifts, no matter what size, or degree, or how complete...

They are MEANT to fuel your 'wonder'

Answer 3

If you take a prism, and shine a light thru it, the design will always be the same. The same happen if sun shines thru the atmosphere when there are tiny droplettes of water present. Each droplette acts as a prism. The sun's size determines the size of the rainbow.