This topical review presents an overview of the common and less common observations of rainbows in
\nnatural rainfall, and the theoretical concepts that have been developed for their explanation.
\nMainly throughout the last 20 years, many new and intriguing effects have been photographed or
\ndocumented for the first time, such as higher-order (tertiary, quaternary, etc) and twinned
\nrainbows, as well as rainbows generated by nearby artificial light sources. In order to provide a
\nsound explanation, the inclusion of natural non-spherical (i.e. oblate) raindrop shapes as well as
\nnatural broad polydisperse raindrop distributions into the classical rainbow theory (Lorenz\u2013Mie and
\nDebye scattering) is outlined. Thus, the article provides a condensed up-to-date synopsis
\ncomplementing classical textbooks and earlier reviews on the physics of rainbows. It is intended to
\nserve both active sky observers as well as physics teachers who want to keep up with current
\ndevelopments in the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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