Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Very nice diagrams of
refraction (with the red lines). Very good at explaining the
phenomenon. I think that a rainbow is visible only when the sun
is at a low altitude- mornings and late afternoon/ evenings.
Isn't there some specific angle for this? KRS 15:33, 1 Feb 2004
(UTC) - I added: Hence there is no rainbow if the sun is at a
higher altitude than 42°: the rainbow would be below the
horizon. --Patrick 23:30, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC) Nevertheless, it is
not true, as sometimes one can look below the horizon. For
example, if you are looking down from a mountain, or - as
mentioned in the article! - from an aeroplane. I've deleted the
incorrect reference to glories from the aeroplane comment. Glory
is a different optical phenomenon from rainbow and it is
incorrect to state that a full-circle rainbow is a glory. This
error needs to be removed from the page Glory_(rainbow) and I've
put that on my task list, but I'm not sure how to fix the
problem that the error is incorporated into the