How Do Rainbows Form?

rainbow 1.jpgI love to look out over the Rocky Mountains after it has been raining.  The air seems so clear and crisp.  I feel as if I can see forever.  I especially like when I a storm has passed over and I can look off in the distance and see a rainbow in the sky.  There is something so magical about a rainbow.  It is so fleeting, so surreal almost as if it is not real.  If you look away and look back it may be gone already.

I know that rainbows form when there is rain or clouds in the sky and sunshine, but I was wondering how exactly do they form? Continue reading