Can you reach the end of a rainbow? (2024)

FAQs

Is it possible to reach the end of a rainbow? ›

A rainbow isn't a fixed object that hangs in the sky. It's an illusion formed between the sunshine, the rain and your eyes. Light bounces out of the raindrops at an angle of 40° for red light, and 42° for blue. And that's true wherever you stand, so as you move, the rainbow moves too and you can never catch it.

The letter "W". That's an easy one.

Many different things could be at the end of a rainbow but the one that can be the most common is gold. Most people believe that gold is at the end because you should receive it for finding it and for putting in the work for it. First, it doesn't get found as often.

As a rainbow is simply a form of optical illusion, as you move around where light is reflected by the rain the view also changes. No matter how, or where, you move the rainbow will always move further away making that pot of gold forever unattainable.

A rainbow doesn't have a specific location in the sky. Its apparent position depends on where you're observing from. Therefore, you can't walk to the end of the rainbow, as it is always 'moving' with you.

Nope. A rainbow isn't an physical object with dimensions and ends.

phrase. If you say that something is at the end of the rainbow, you mean that people want it but it is almost impossible to obtain or achieve.

something that is very attractive that you will probably never achieve: At the moment, finding a good plumber is like finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It's the closest they've been to the pot at the end of the rainbow.

Rainbow is formed just because of dispersion of white light due to raindrops. Technically different colours are light waves of different wavelengths. Since we can not touch light, so we can not even touch a rainbow.

Rainbows end when something blocks the light from refracting, such as the ground or lack of water in the air. If there were nothing blocking it, a rainbow would be a circle. So there's nothing at the end except what caused it to end.

What can run but cannot walk? ›

The answer to the riddle is water, a river. A river can run but not walk. It has a mouth but never talks and has a head but never weeps, has a bed (riverbed) but never sleeps.

A rainbow will always be the same distance away from you.

For the colors of the rainbow to be created visually, the water droplets have to be a certain distance from you. As you move towards the rainbow, it will always be the same distance away from you, so you can never reach it.

You may already know that there is no “end” of a rainbow — science tells us that their arch shape is simply an illusion. In reality, while those of us on the ground can only see the light reflected by raindrops above the horizon, viewers in aircraft can sometimes see a rainbow's full, 360-degree circle.

This picture was taken in my back yard this afternoon. You can't see the end of a rainbow because it has no ends. It is always a full circle. The visible “end” of the rainbow is just the point where the circle touches the ground, and below of that point the circle is invisible, because there is no rain.

So if you're on the ground, however far you walk, the end of the rainbow will always look as if it were on the edge of the horizon. But what people don't realise is that rainbows are actually complete circles, and obviously a circle has no end. You never see the whole circle because the earth's horizon gets in the way.

You can't see the end of a rainbow because it has no ends. It is always a full circle. The visible “end” of the rainbow is just the point where the circle touches the ground, and below of that point the circle is invisible, because there is no rain.

If you're the type who goes hunting for a pot of gold every time you see a rainbow, we can save you some trouble: you can never actually get to the end of a rainbow! Because a rainbow is based on the orientation of the observer (you) and the light source (the sun), when you move, the rainbow will move, too.

phrase. If you say that something is at the end of the rainbow, you mean that people want it but it is almost impossible to obtain or achieve. The promise of a cure–the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow–often makes sensible people do irrational things.