It’s a beautiful sight: a rainbow and a secondary rainbow at a greater angle above it. The term “double rainbow” is used when both the primary and secondary rainbows are visible. A primary rainbow is ...

Answer: The principal indication given by a double bow is that the raindrops that are refracting and reflecting sunlight are of medium to large size, rather than being very small or tiny droplets.

This weather Wednesday, and after three straight day of rain -- we're ready to see some sun. And, perhaps, we'll strike gold and see some beautiful rainbows, too. Have you ever wondered how rainbows ...

Rainbows are optical phenomena resulting from the interaction of sunlight, water droplets, and the human visual system, not physical objects. Scientific understanding of rainbows developed over ...

In recognition of Pride Month, which celebrates the LGBTQIA2S+ community, assistant professor Xiyue Zhang answered some questions about how rainbows form. Zhang studies clouds in polar regions. Two ...

Social media lit up on Tuesday as a stunning photo of what appears to be a quadruple rainbow made the rounds. Amanda Curtis took the shot while waiting on a train at Glen Cove, NY, this morning. After ...

In May 2016, a photograph began to make the online rounds, purportedly showing eight rainbows in the sky — all at the same time — over Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania: Lehigh Valley, PA a friend's picture ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Tomorrow being Saint Patrick's Day, I thought it would be interesting to dwell on one of the ...

The photo of the "quadruple rainbow" that's taking the Internet by storm doesn't actually show a quadruple rainbow. The phenomenon is technically two double rainbows. Commuter Amanda Curtis spun the ...