Imagine sunlight is like a box of crayons, all mixed up together. When it hits a raindrop, the drop acts like a tiny prism that spreads out the colors, one by one, to make a rainbow. That’s how we see colorful arcs in the sky after it rains.
Examples
- A rainbow after a summer storm looks like colorful candies in the sky.
- Raindrops turn sunlight into visible color bands on a rainy afternoon.
- After a rain shower, kids point up and say, 'Look! A rainbow!'
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See also
- How Does a Battery Work?
- Why Do We Yawn When We're Tired?
- Why Do We Have Different Seasons?
- What Causes the Tides Exactly?
- What Causes a Volcano to Erupt?
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