Comment on we're all a little gay inside
callyral@pawb.social 1 day ago
But why is it at that distance specifically? Can I get closer to a rainbow and see it become bigger? Why is there a 42° angle in the picture?
Comment on we're all a little gay inside
callyral@pawb.social 1 day ago
But why is it at that distance specifically? Can I get closer to a rainbow and see it become bigger? Why is there a 42° angle in the picture?
Deme@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
That’s the angle at which light is reflected by water droplets. The drawing is incorrect in that the cone is horizontal while the light appears to come from a higher angle. The cone is always directly opposite to the direction of the light soPicture (source: https://www.atoptics.org.uk/rainbows/primcone.htm)
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
So then the bottom middle picture in this post is also probably shopped?
Deme@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Certainly, although it appears to depict the elusive 3rd order rainbow.