Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M's and Rainbows
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 11:41:41 -0700
 
Joe Stephenson wrote:
> 
> I looked up "rainbow" in MS Encarta (1996). They say "When the sunlight
> enters a raindrop it is refracted, or bent, by and reflected from the drop
> in such a way that the light appears as a spectrum of colors. The colors can
> be seen, however, only when the angle of reflection between the sun, the
> drop of water, and the observer's line of vision is between 40° and 42°".
> 
Where are the Irish when you need them?