Mountain Rainbow imaged by Geir �ye (site) at Ørsta, Norway.    ©Geir �ye, shown with permission
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Spherical Perfection

What is amazing about rainbows is that we ever see them.    Rain drops have to be extraordinarily close to spherical for a sharp bow to form.