Is there really an end to a rainbow?

Question

there are so many myths about a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow...............

Answer 1

no,sorry. no pot of gold either.

Why Can't We Reach the End of the Rainbow?

You can never actually reach the end of a rainbow, where a pot of gold supposedly awaits. As you move, the rainbow that your eyes see moves as well, because the raindrops are at different spots in the atmosphere. The rainbow, then, will always "move away" at the same rate that you are moving.
http://sln.fi.edu/color/rainbow.html

I would be nice though if you could.

A rainbow does not actually exist at a particular location in the sky. It is, instead, an optical phenomenon whose apparent position depends on the observer's location and the position of the sun. All raindrops refract and reflect the sunlight in the same way, but only the light from some raindrops reaches the observer's eye. This light is what constitutes the rainbow for that observer........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow

Answer 2

one summer evening as my son and i were standing out on the porch, my son looked at me and said that i was all yellow, 'mom you're standing in a rainbow!'. with that the daily numbers were being drawn and my number came out straight, won 1500 that night!
then 2 yrs ago on a flight back to Fl i snapped a picture of a rainbow (which was a complete circle) with the shadow of the plane in the center of it.
so i guess the answer is the pot of gold is in the rainbow not at the end, since there really isn't an end. ;-)

Answer 3

I don't think you will ever find the pot of gold. The rainbow is a optical illusion. It's a complete circle, but the horizon cuts it into a half circle. Not only that, but it's like a mirage. The closer you get, it will just keep moving away. I taught that to my den in cub scouts last month. No pot of gold sorry.

Answer 4

A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicolored arc, with red on the outside and violet on the inside. More rarely, a double rainbow is seen, which includes a second, fainter arc with colors in the opposite order, that is, with violet on the outside and red on the inside.

Now go find that pot of gold

Answer 5

No, rainbows are caused when sunlight pass through moisture in the atmosphere/sky. The arc is due to the curvature of the earth. So if you travel in one direction, if the moisture continues, the rainbow travels with you. I wouldn't mind a little piece of that pot of gold, so if you somehow do find it, keep me in mind, ok? :o

Answer 6

No gold, but there is divorce at the end of the rainbow and that's just as good.

Answer 7

no, rainbow is caused by the refraction of light against water particles, like when white light is passed through a prism. no matter how hard u try, u won't reach the end of a rainbow since the light is still hitting the particles, only at a different angle.

Answer 8

No. Rainbows are circles. You can see this if you spray water out of a hose in the sunlight. Sun dogs and moon dogs are also rainbows.

Answer 9

No because when we see a rainbow we see it throught the raindrops and they disperse light at different angles forming the rainbow. as u walk closer to it you will see the rainbow in the other raindroops

Answer 10

There is no end. If the Earth's horizon didn't interfere with your view, a rainbow would be a complete and perfect circle!