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How does refraction and reflection of light waves help explain the production of a rainbow after a thunderstorm

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White light is made up of different colors. When white light enters water (like moisture in the air) it is bent (refracted). However the different colors are bent (refracted) by different amounts. So this different amount of bending has the effect of separating the white light into its colors and we see this as a rainbow.

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