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Black doesn’t appear in the visible spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. So why do we still see it?
Phenomena like the Northern Lights and rainbows can seem magical – even to physicists like Partha Chowdhury who study them.
Each rainbow is personal – the rainbow you see isn’t exactly the same rainbow the next person sees. It’s all in the eye of the beholder.
Rainbows are made when water droplets split light up into colours.
Folklore isn’t a whimsical fancy - it’s happening all around us all the time.
Georgina, age 5, wants to know why rainbows are round.
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