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Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Rainbows And How They Work

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Few things in nature are as instantly recognizable as a rainbow.  For thousands of years, rainbows have inspired myths, religion, art, and science.  Yet behind those bands of color is an extraordinary interaction between sunlight, water, geometry, and the physics of light itself.  From double rainbows to full circular rainbows seen from aircraft, the science behind them is far more fascinating than most people realize.  Learn more about rainbows and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Honor the past by uncovering its stories at Newspapers.com  Promo Code EVERYTHINGEVERWHERE Samsara Don’t wait for the next accident to take action. Head to Samsara.com/EVERYTHING ButcherBox Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED Audible Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary Fast Growing Trees Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Few things in nature are as instantly recognizable as a rainbow. For thousands of years,

0:05.8

rainbows have inspired myths, religion, art, and science. Yet behind those bands of color

0:10.9

is an extraordinary interaction between sunlight, water, geometry, and the physics of light itself.

0:16.9

From double rainbows to circular rainbows seen from aircraft, the science behind them is far more fascinating than most people realize.

0:24.5

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Rains are one of the most beautiful phenomena in nature. They can be seen after a rain shower, near a waterfall, or even if you're spraying water from a hose. While everyone is

1:42.7

familiar with what a rainbow is and what they look

1:45.0

like, most people have no clue how they're formed or why they exist. A rainbow is formed when

1:52.1

sunlight enters many tiny water droplets in the air and is bent, separated into colors, reflected,

1:59.3

and bent again before reaching your eye. The key physical processes

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