Re: Where are rainbows?
Originally posted by Biscuit
Its impossible to touch a rainbow so does it really exsist? If so, where? In the sky? In the rain droplets? In the mind?
are you seriously asking a question cause i can give you the proper answer if you'd like
although it involves a bit of the physics of light
Originally posted by Biscuitjust over the glen by the purple mountains and the blue waterfall infested by faeries and sprites...and if you're lucky, there might me a pot o' gold or frosted lucky charms.
Its impossible to touch a rainbow so does it really exsist? If so, where? In the sky? In the rain droplets? In the mind?
The rainbow is the result of refraction of the sunlight that passes through the raindrops or sometimes just the vapor of water in the air.
Different colors are refracted differently so colors are seen in different positions in the rainbow, the red is the less refracted, and violet is the most refracted.
The rainbow cannot be located in a position of the space, it will change depending on the perspective you see it, so if you change your position the rainbow could change its position too, or even vanish, it is not like a solid object which its image is always in the same place independently on the perspective.
Originally posted by Biscuit
so a rainbow ent actually anything then, just an illusion. it doesnt actually exist anywhere in the world. physics cant explain where they are. Its like a reflection...not actually anywhere...
Yup they are like reflections, but like reflections, rainbows are not located anywhere... well, there is a concept in physics of a image position in space, and even reflections, and rainbows have positions like this, but it does not mean anything... it is just the position where the image looks to be in space, it doesn´t mean that there is something in that position(physically). It is like your reflex in the mirror... your reflex could be located 1 meter behind the mirror, but if you look behind it, there will be nothing there. That position is just where the illusions seems to be, it does not mean that must be something there. Unless of course, you are taking a more philosophical perspective... like if "Is this space in which reflections are located on necessarily not real ?"