At first, the dark band in between seems so counterintuitive, but then your realise rainbows don’t create extra light, so it has to come from somewhere. Alexander’s Dark Band is the empty husk left behind after a rainbow is born.
How you 👁 rainbows 🌈
Submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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rockerface@lemm.ee 1 year ago
drolex@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
That doesn’t explain the gay frogs, at all.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 year ago
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So I don’t know if I got a picture, but I was at a local beach right at sunset, and we had this moment where, for like just a moment, the entire valley behind us lit up with rainbows. Not a double rainbow, but like 5+ deep ‘double’ rainbows. It was utterly surreal.
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 1 year ago
Can somebody explain this image? If you had raindrops in only those four positions, this might make sense, but I think there are more than four static drops and thus angles.
i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
More info can be found here: old.atoptics.co.uk/rainbows/ord34.htm
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
So how do triple rainbows work?
criitz@reddthat.com 1 year 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 1 year ago
Also, the tertiary rainbow is directly in front of the sun, which is hard to see because of, you know, the sun.
chellomere@lemmy.world 1 year ago
AAAAAAA DOUBLE RAINBOW
explodIng_lIme@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All the way!
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Alexanders Dark Band looks like they pump out some bitchin’ songs.
Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 1 year ago
I got tickets for them this weekend! Can't wait!
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ironically, they’re upbeat ska
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ooh! Extra cheesesticks music!