Comment on How you 👁 rainbows 🌈
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
So how do triple rainbows work?
Light bounces around and exits a raindrop in many different directions. This graphic illustrates the first(brightest) two that hit your eye, but there will be a third, fourth, etc in decreasing brightness.
Also, the tertiary rainbow is directly in front of the sun, which is hard to see because of, you know, the sun.
criitz@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Light bounces around and exits a raindrop in many different directions. This graphic illustrates the first(brightest) two that hit your eye, but there will be a third, fourth, etc in decreasing brightness.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Also, the tertiary rainbow is directly in front of the sun, which is hard to see because of, you know, the sun.