Rainbow - is one of the most amazing and beautiful natural phenomena.Since time immemorial, attracted a shy smile of a man and heaven help him believe in a miracle, a fairy tale, in a dream.And while the students ask: "Rainbow - is a phenomenon?", Adults are not in a hurry to tell a complex scientific answer.Much nicer to understand that this is a natural phenomenon - the embodiment of all the colors of life, a symbol of hope, which certainly appears after a heavy rain, and thus bring to the world a modicum of joy and happiness.
Legends of the world.Divine
Ancient people seen in the arcuate color spectrum exclusively divine.For example, in ancient Greek messenger of the immortal gods was the winged goddess of the rainbow Iris, on the clothes which, like gems sparkled drops of dew.In ancient India believed that the rainbow - a bow supreme thunder god Indra.In China, it is a natural phenomenon associated with the celestial dragon, which combines yin and yang, heaven and earth.American Indians believed that the rainbow - a staircase to the underworld;for the peoples of Africa - snake ring encompassing the globe and protect valuable treasure.In Scandinavian and Slavic mythology, the rainbow - a wonderful bridge that provides the connection of Heaven and Earth.
Physics or Chemistry.Incomprehensible nature of the phenomenon
Children often ask parents question: "Rainbow - is a phenomenon? Physical or chemical?"Adults, in turn, experience difficulty and do not know how to tell a child about the nature of the phenomenon in accessible language.First of all, I should explain a little "Who Knows?" That sunlight consists of all colors that are in the world.But to see rainbow elements need special item - a prism, which lays out the color spectrum into separate color line.The rainbow prism act as a drop of rain, and that the sunbeam change beyond recognition.
Thus, the rainbow - is atmospheric optical phenomenon, which man perceives as seven separate colors, namely red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
Gori to shine.Types rainbow
Usually one sees the rainbow in the form of a graceful arc, when in fact it has the shape of a circle.Consider this natural phenomenon in all its glory is only possible from the aircraft or on the top of the mountain.
But apart from the usual form, the rainbow may acquire and more extravagant.So, in the sky you can see a double "celestial serpent", and the inner rainbow is always brighter than the exterior, as the latter - but a reflection of the first.See an unusual phenomenon, as a rule, to success, to the favor of Fortune and execution of cherished desires.
much rarer inverted rainbow.The reason for this natural phenomenon - the veil of cirrus clouds formed by ice crystals.Interestingly, in this rainbow colors are reversed, from violet to red.
colorless or white rainbow often appears during mist of water droplets.This natural phenomenon may appear in the sky, and at night when the sky is filled with bright light of the moon.In this case the prism is still rain.
Sometimes a rainbow appears in the winter.Usually this happens in the frosty morning, when the air is filled with tiny ice crystals.But the rarest roundly considered a horizontal rainbow, which can occur only through the crystal in the shape of a hexagon.
Memory training.Proper arrangement of flowers in a rainbow
to remember the order of colors in the rainbow, it is enough to learn the simple saying, known to many from his childhood.The initial letter of each word prompt tone that starts with the same letter.Kids Counting reads as follows: Every hunter wants to know where sits pheasant.
