Timeline for Shape of the rainbow
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| Aug 2, 2013 at 22:07 | comment | added | cspirou | A prism also has an angle restriction as well. This has to do with the index of refraction and not due to the spherical shape. The bow shape is a combination of the shape of the lens being used and the light source. | |
| Aug 2, 2013 at 21:46 | comment | added | Dory | As I've understood, the spherical shape of the drop restricts the angle between the entering light to the drop and the exiting one. This restriction leads to the creation of a cone for each water drop and then because of the spherical shape of universe, we can rotate the shape and the rainbow circle appears.If our universe had a different shape,the rainbow would have a shape else than this bow. | |
| Aug 2, 2013 at 21:27 | history | answered | cspirou | CC BY-SA 3.0 |