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[–] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 71 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Is the cross section of a cone not a circle, or semi circle in this case since we only see part of the "cone"?

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 42 points 5 months ago

This. We don't as people define a rainbow as the path of light or anything like that. We define a rainbow as a circle of colors in the sky. That's how language works.

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[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Right, your point is taken but the point is more to explain the full portion of the rainbow. Not just the section you see.

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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 10 points 5 months ago

Every person sees a rainbow in a different location because rainbows are an optical phenomenon not a real object - in that sense rainbows are occupying the entire space, not just a cone even. The expansion is dumb.

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[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago*

There are gaps in between the rain drops which means we see other parts of the cone. Maybe?

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[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

I watched Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land and you are right.

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