The brightest part of a rainbow appears because certain raindrops send sunlight back to your eye at about 40° to 42°.
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The water drops that make rainbows are usually falling rain or mist (tiny water drops in air), but they can also be spray from waterfalls or lawn sprinklers!
A tornado is a rapidly spinning column of air that reaches from a storm cloud all the way down to the ground!
Each color in a rainbow comes from a slightly different angle: bright red shines at about 42° from the rainbow’s center, and violet appears closer to 40° — with the other colors in between!
Florida gets more lightning than any other U.S. state — about 1.2 million lightning strikes every year — which is why it’s known as the lightning capital of the United States!