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Weather: Rainbow at Waterwheel Falls on the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park, California. Rainbows occur when the observer is facing falling rain or mist but with the sun behind them. White light is reflected inside the raindrops and split into its component colors by refraction. (1980)

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$Weather: Rainbow at Waterwheel Falls on the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park, California. Rainbows occur when the observer is facing falling rain or mist but with the sun behind them. White light is reflected inside the raindrops and split into its component colors by refraction. (1980)$