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Re: [Phys-l] rainbow

Take a look at:

<http://science.howstuffworks.com/rainbow2.htm>
<http://punchandbrodie.com/ncyclo/rainbows/>

Larry Woolf
General Atomics

-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Quah
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:12 PM
Subject: [Phys-l] rainbow

Dispersion of white light occurs due to different refractive index of
each coloured light. How does that explain the different rainbow colours
observed? Is it because each light enters the eye at different time?