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Why is a rainbow a perfect semicircle?

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A rainbow is a circle if viewed from the air, and it is sometimes not even that, if it is faint enough

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Is rainbow a semicircle or a circle?

Semicircle


Why the rainbow is always a semicircle?

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Why does a Rainbow appear to be bent in a semicircle way?

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