Over the Rainbow: LeVar Burton Explains How DOUBLE Rainbows Form

The video explores the formation of rainbows, focusing on double rainbows. LeVar Burton explains that rainbows are formed through light reflection and refraction in water droplets. Double rainbows occur when light reflects twice inside droplets, creating a secondary, inverted rainbow. The video also covers Alexander's band, tertiary and quaternary rainbows, and supernumerary and twinned rainbows. The phenomenon is a simple interaction of light, water, and the observer's position.

Who is the guest expert introduced to explain double rainbows?

• Carl Sagan

• Neil deGrasse Tyson

• LeVar Burton

• Bill Nye

What causes the formation of a double rainbow?

• Light reflecting off a mirror

• Light refracting once inside water droplets

• Light passing through a prism

• Light refracting twice inside water droplets

How does the color order of a secondary rainbow differ from a primary rainbow?

• It has fewer colors

• It is inverted compared to the primary rainbow

• It is brighter than the primary rainbow

• It is the same as the primary rainbow

What is the dark area between the two rainbows in a double rainbow called?

• Alexander's band

• Galileo's band

• Newton's band

• Einstein's band

What are twinned rainbows believed to be caused by?

• Two different sizes of raindrops

• Reflection from a lake

• A single large raindrop

• A prism effect in the atmosphere