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Why do we see a rainbow in the sky only after rainfall?
“We see a rainbow in the sky only after the rainfall.” Why?
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Solution
Raindrops present in the atmosphere after rainfall serve as a prism and refract, disperse, and internally reflect the incident sunlight, followed by final refraction. The whole sequence of dispersion and internal reflection leads to the formation of the rainbow after rainfall in the sky.
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