Rainbows don't work the way you think they work
Channel: Mats Vermeeren
Date: 2021-08-22

A visual explanation of the mathematics at the end of the rainbow.

I learned this explanation from V.I. Arnold's book "Mathematical Understanding of Nature", where you can also find the calculations hidden behind these animations and graphs. https://bookstore.ams.org/mbk-85/

The rainbow photo is by Kodyak Tisch on flickr. https://flickr.com/photos/91281949@N05/8317396744

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