How are Rainbows formed? - The Mystery behind it!

 

Rainbows! Wow! They're so beautiful! Oh, hey kids! You are already here? Welcome back to KidsCast! Today, we're going to talk about rainbows, which all of us love a lot! They are pretty beautiful to see, but have you ever wondered what is the science behind these wonderful creations? Well, today, let's put some light on this science and get to know- How are Rainbows formed?

The Rainbow Phenomenon: 

Now after reading this subheading, you must be wondering what is a phenomenon? Well, in simple words, a phenomenon is any event that can be observed or studied, and which's happening or occurring reason is still in question and cannot be described fully. It's basically an event which takes place and is hard to conclude how it occurs. Anything such as Rainbows, Volcanic Eruptions, Tornadoes, Lightning, etc. are phenomena (plural of a phenomenon is phenomena). 

Now, Rainbows are natural phenomena. What are natural phenomena now? Of course, the phenomena occurring naturally are called natural phenomena. So these beautiful creations occur because of a reason, which is kind of hard to understand but still accepted. So now we know that a rainbow is a natural phenomenon, hence, now we will describe how is it formed!

How are they formed? 

Now just a little information, that this article is a bit simplified. How exactly and why a rainbow form, you'd probably study this in your senior grades or high school. But in this article, we are just going to simplify and tell, how they are formed. 

Light is made up of different colours, which when together, are just white colour. Now when this white sunlight from the sun reaches the earth, and if it is raining somewhere or there are water droplets in the air, then this white light will go into these white droplets. Then, when they are inside a water droplet, there is some "magical effect", which is not magical but scientific, a bit high level, so, for now, think that there's some magical effect, that the light when passes inside the water droplet, it changes its direction or refracts. It slows down and bends in the droplet. 

Now, due to this bending of light inside a water droplet, this white sunlight is now divided into seven colours, which are the colours of a rainbow. The white light is now separated in these colours. Finally, when this bent light is reflected and then exits the water droplet, it is spread into a wide arc of different colours, which is a rainbow! Hence, this was the formation of rainbows! 

The Rainbow Colours: 

The colours of any rainbow are always in the same order: Red at the top, then Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. These colours' order can be remembered as VIBGYOR which stands for each lower, from bottom to top! 

Rainbows are also not only beautiful but are useful for scientists to perform many experiments in science labs on light and other things. And of course, you need sunlight, and rain at the same time to see a rainbow, which is often rare. But these rare phenomena are as beautiful as heaven on earth!

HAPPY LEARNING!