The refraction of light at an interface is familiar as a rainbow or the 'bending' of a pencil in a glass of water. Here we show that particles can also be refracted and even totally internally ...

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In this extract from the new book Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science, science writer Philip Ball explains how Isaac Newton transformed our understanding of light.

This refraction frequently creates a visible second rainbow, but until now, no-one had caught sight of the fainter third and fourth arcs that the process creates in a different part of the sky.

Rainbows, often seen after rain, aren't random occurrences but the result of specific natural conditions. Sunlight interacts ...

Reflection and refraction . Shoko Shimabukuro / Getty Images Strictly defined, a rainbow is a band of colors formed by the reflection and refraction of the sun’s rays inside raindrops.

Refraction action: Stunning rainbow caught in trail of F-22 fighter jet. By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 07:21 EDT, 7 September 2010 ...

An example of a reflection rainbow photographed in the US state of Washington. (Supplied: Terry Anderson; licence)As rainbows are optical and different depending on where you are positioned it's ...