Rainbow Rainbow A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun. Rainbows can be full circles. However, the observer normally sees only an arc formed by illuminated droplets above the ground, and centered on a line from the sun to the observer's eye. In a primary rainbow, the arc shows red on the outer part and violet
The Rainbow and the Rose The Rainbow and the Rose The Rainbow and the Rose is a novel by Nevil Shute. It was first published in England in 1958 by William Heinemann. The title is taken from a sonnet "The Treasure" by Rupert Brooke, which is quoted in full as a preface: <poem>When colour goes home into the eyes, With dancing girls and sweet birds' cries And that no-place which gave them birth, shall close The rainbow and the rose:— Still may Time hold some golden space Of song and flower and sky and face, Musing upon them; as a mother, who Has watched her