Whether it's Saint Patrick's Day or National Find A Rainbow Day (April 3), everyone loves finding a rainbow - and maybe a pot of gold at the end. I can't tell you how to find a pot of gold, but I can ...

Periods of rain alternated with sunshine in Santa Cruz Monday to provide optimal conditions for rainbows, and multiple prismatic feasts were present locally during the day. Rainbows are caused by the ...

This time of the year, when we see consistent rounds of early evening showers and thunderstorms, we often see rainbows when the sun starts to descend lower on the horizon. Rainbows occur when sunlight ...

Along with the beloved moisture in the desert when it rains, we sometimes have beautiful rainbows. As we enjoy the monsoon this summer we'll likely have many opportunities to see them, usually by ...

It’s a beautiful sight: a rainbow and a secondary rainbow at a greater angle above it. The term “double rainbow” is used when both the primary and secondary rainbows are visible. A primary rainbow is ...

I will be the first to admit that I love studying severe storms but dislike having to experience them. Don’t get me wrong, I love when we get the garden variety thunderstorm that causes no problems ...

Optics is a branch of physics that involves the properties of light and its interaction with matter. Reflection, refraction and diffraction are different ways light can behave based on the conditions ...

Out viewer spotted several double rainbows this past weekend up in cabin country. What a special sight! For a single rainbow, the sunlight shines into the raindrops and as it does it bends a bit ...