The main rainbow you see is called the “primary rainbow,” but sometimes you can spot a fainter (dimmer) second rainbow above it!
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Random Facts About Weather For Kids
Formation & Science
A flood occurs when water overflows onto normally dry land, turning streets into temporary rivers!
Characteristics & Features
A rainbow isn’t actually a “thing” — it’s an optical illusion (trick your eyes play) that appears in a different place for each person viewing it!
A single raindrop only reflects (bounces back) one color of the rainbow to your eyes at any moment!
Characteristics & Features
Most lightning bolts are only a few miles long, but in rare cases lightning can stretch 60 miles (97 km) or more across the sky. Some “megaflash” lightning events have even stretched over 500 miles!