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How rainbows form and what shape they really are | Colourful Weather | ABC Australia

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If you thought rainbows were shaped like an arch, think again. All you need is water, the sky and sunlight, and youโ€™ve got something thatโ€™s colourful โ€“ with a pot of gold at each end. What is it? A rainbow! And there are no pots of gold. There couldnโ€™t be because rainbows donโ€™t actuallyโ€ฆ that would be giving it away. Youโ€™ll have to watch the video to find out! Youโ€™ll also find out what happens to sunlight inside a raindrop, why rainbow colours are always in the same order and what the real shape of a rainbow is. Tip โ€“ itโ€™s not an arch! Colourful Weather brings you the fun and fascinating science behind five very colourful events we can see in the sky. Hosted by Nate Byrne, from ABC NEWS Breakfast, and meteorologists from the Bureau of Meteorology, this is weather presented for kids in a way they can understand and get excited about. Colourful Weather is a collaboration of the ABC and the Bureau of Meteorology. Image credit: NASA Mo โ€ฆ...more
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How rainbows form and what shape they really are | Colourful Weather | ABC Australia
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If you thought rainbows were shaped like an arch, think again. All you need is water, the sky and sunlight, and youโ€™ve got something thatโ€™s colourful โ€“ with a pot of gold at each end. What is it? A rainbow! And there are no pots of gold. There couldnโ€™t be because rainbows donโ€™t actuallyโ€ฆ that would be giving it away. Youโ€™ll have to watch the video to find out! Youโ€™ll also find out what happens to sunlight inside a raindrop, why rainbow colours are always in the same order and what the real shape of a rainbow is. Tip โ€“ itโ€™s not an arch! Colourful Weather brings you the fun and fascinating science behind five very colourful events we can see in the sky. Hosted by Nate Byrne, from ABC NEWS Breakfast, and meteorologists from the Bureau of Meteorology, this is weather presented for kids in a way they can understand and get excited about. Colourful Weather is a collaboration of the ABC and the Bureau of Meteorology. Image credit: NASA Motion Array Pixabay Watch more at:    โ€ข How to tell the time using a thunders...   Check out ABC NEWS Weather for more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/weather Catch up on ABC NEWS Breakfast weather updates: https://www.abc.net.au/news/newschann... Follow ABC Weather here:   / weatherobsessed   More links: Bureau of Meteorology http://media.bom.gov.au/social/blog/8...    โ€ข Ask the Bureau: What are rainbows?   ABC Science http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/me... ABC Education http://education.abc.net.au/newsandar... http://education.abc.net.au/home?WT.t... http://education.abc.net.au/home?WT.t...    โ€ข ABC Zoom - Refraction: why glass pris...      โ€ข ABC Zoom - Prisms & refraction scienc...      โ€ข Weather On The Go Ep 9: Cloud and Rai...   ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2... https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2... https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2... Join the ABC Australia community on social media! http://abc.net.au/ Facebook:   / abc   Twitter:   / abcaustralia   Instagram:   / abcaustralia  

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