[[Image:Rainbow.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A rainbow, seen from the island of Curaçao]]
[[Image:Rainbow.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A rainbow, seen from the island of Curaçao]]
−
As told in [[Genesis]], a '''rainbow''' is a promise from [[God]] to [[Noah]] (and all mankind) that he will never flood the [[Earth]] again.<ref>Genesis, chapters 5-9</ref> Physics can explain the appearance of rainbows accurately as the result of refraction and multiple reflections of sunlight in droplets of water, but not the feelings of awe and spirituality they inspire, as they did in William Wordsworth when he wrote:
+
As told in [[Genesis]], a '''rainbow''' is a promise from [[God]] to [[Noah]] (and all mankind) that he will never flood the [[Earth]] again.<ref>Genesis, chapters 5-9</ref> Physics can explain the appearance of rainbows accurately as the result of refraction and multiple reflections of sunlight in droplets of water, but not the feelings of awe and spirituality they inspire, as they did in [[William Wordsworth]] when he wrote: