When you stand with your back to the Sun, you see a rainbow as a circular arc.

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When you stand with your back to the Sun, you see a rainbow as a circular arc. Could you move off to one side and then see the rainbow as the segment of an ellipse rather than as the segment of a circle (such as Figure 11.50 suggests)? Defend your answer.

Figure 11.50

Water-drop I region Sun 42°40°

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Conceptual Physical Science

ISBN: 978-0134060491

6th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt, John A. Suchocki, Leslie A. Hewitt

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