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2007-11-28 01:18:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
You only see the part of the circle that's in the sky because there aren't enough raindrops between you and the ground to reflect colors back at you. And you can't have a rainbow higher in the sky because it is centered opposite the Sun.
2007-11-28 07:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when light meets a water droplet, it is refracted at the boundary of air and water, and enters the droplet, where the light is dispersed into the seven colors. The rainbow effect occurs because the light is then reflected inside the droplet and finally refracted out again into the air.
2007-11-28 09:23:09 · answer #2 · answered by Micheal J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moisture in the air creates a million prisms that split light into its component colors. You can't see it fully because you're never at the optimum angle with all the droplets, just some of them.
2007-11-28 09:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by mommanuke 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rain drops in the atmosphere or moisture content is not equal thats why it seems not complete.
2007-11-28 09:22:24 · answer #4 · answered by xtremely xtra 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋