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Which of the following is why we are able to see a rainbow?

Retry Correct Incorrect While rainbows are pretty magical, the reason we see them is because of light refraction! In 2017, a rainbow appeared over Taiwan that lasted a record-breaking eight hours and 58 minutes. The previous record holder was a six-hour long rainbow over England in 1994.

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Which of the following is why we are able to see a rainbow?

• Light refraction
• Chemicals in the sky
• Magic
• Thunderstorms