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Experiment: How To Make A Rainbow

Materials:
Garden hose with spray nozzle
Sunlight

Procedure:
Adjust the hose so that it sprays a fine mist. Stand with the sun behind you and spray the water up into the air in front of you. An arch of colors should appear. The height of the rainbow will depend on how high the sun is. The higher the sun, the lower the rainbow will be. If the sun is higher than 40 degrees in the sky, no rainbow can be seen.

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Forces of Nature: ThinkQuest 2000 (Team #C003603)

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Experiment: How To Make A Rainbow

Materials:
Garden hose with spray nozzle
Sunlight

Procedure:
Adjust the hose so that it sprays a fine mist. Stand with the sun behind you and spray the water up into the air in front of you. An arch of colors should appear. The height of the rainbow will depend on how high the sun is. The higher the sun, the lower the rainbow will be. If the sun is higher than 40 degrees in the sky, no rainbow can be seen.

[ back to graphics version ]

Forces of Nature: ThinkQuest 2000 (Team #C003603)

http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/experiments-miscellaneous03.shtml