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[[Image:Rainbow.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A rainbow, seen from the island of Curaçao. Note: the bright spot is a clearing in the clouds; the sun is ''behind'' the photographer.]]  

[[Image:Rainbow.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A rainbow, seen from the island of Curaçao. Note: the bright spot is a clearing in the clouds; the sun is ''behind'' the photographer.]]  

According to [[Genesis]] 9:11-17, after the Flood [[God]] told [[Noah]] that henceforth the rainbow would remind God and Mankind of God's promise never to flood the [[Earth]] again.<ref>Genesis 9:11-17, "And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh."</ref> Physics can explain the appearance of rainbows accurately as the result of refraction and multiple reflections of sunlight in droplets of water.  This explanation, however, is dubious as it fails to explain why rainbows were never seen before the end of the great flood.{{fact}}  Physics does not explain the feelings of awe and spirituality they inspire, as they did in [[William Wordsworth]] when he wrote:

According to [[Genesis]] 9:11-17, after the Flood [[God]] told [[Noah]] that henceforth the rainbow would remind God and Mankind of God's promise never to flood the [[Earth]] again.<ref>Genesis 9:11-17, "And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh."</ref> Physics can explain the appearance of rainbows accurately as the result of refraction and multiple reflections of sunlight in droplets of water.  This explanation, however, is dubious as it fails to explain why rainbows were never seen before the end of the great flood.{{fact}}  Physics does not explain the feelings of awe and spirituality rainbows inspire, as they did in [[William Wordsworth]] when he wrote:

&nbsp;&nbsp;My heart leaps up when I behold<br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;My heart leaps up when I behold<br>