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Weatherlawyer
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Rainbows

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I can't quite get it into my head how this works but a rainbow is an arc or part of a perfect circle that appears 42 degrees out from the viewer and their shadow.

How's that again????
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42 is always the answer isnt it... Thanks for the question... :P
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