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rainbow
A colored-pencil drawing of a rainbow on a white background.
wind bending palm trees rainbow
Know how rainbows are formed
Understand the science behind the formation of rainbows
Quizzes
rain. Child in the rain, wearing a rain coat, under a yellow umbrella. April Showers weather climate rain storm water drops
April Showers to March’s Lions and Lambs
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Lightning over the outskirts of Oradea, Rom., during the thunderstorm of August 17, 2005.
16 Questions About Earth’s Atmsophere and Weather Answered
Earth from space. Full-hemisphere views of the Earth showing Hurricane Linda at its peak approaching Baja California on 1997 September 11.
What Is Earth’s Velocity?
September 11, 2005, ozone thinning over antarctica reached its maximum extent for the year.
Is the Ozone Layer Finally Healing Itself?
Solar system illustration. (planets; sun)
Why Are Planets Round?
Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles
Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?
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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Normandy Invasion: Omaha Beach. World War II. D-Day. Infographic. SPOTLIGHT VERSION
Facts and Figures About the Landings on Omaha Beach During the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944
Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day
Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)
Paul Revere. "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.," engraved by Paul Revere. Boston Massacre.
There’s a Riot Goin’ On: Riots in U.S. History (Part One)
airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)
7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances
Time zone map with standard time zones and International Date Line
Why Are Some Time Zones 30 Minutes Off Instead of an Hour?
Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet
Major Mass Extinctions

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Videos

Explaining the colors of the rainbow with science
Is it ROYGBV or ROY G. BIV?
Video: © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Know how rainbows are formed
Brief explanation of how rainbows form.
Video: © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Understand the science behind the formation of rainbows
Overview of rainbows, including a detailed discussion of how they form.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Images

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Rainbow over South Park, Colorado.
©Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau
wind bending palm trees
Wind bending palm trees on a golf course, Maui, Hawaii.
Karl Weatherly—Photodisc/Thinkstock
rainbow
As sunlight enters water droplets in the atmosphere, its constituent colors (wavelengths)...
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