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   Michael Uplawski to Phil Hobbs   
   Re: [rainbow] what's beyond the edges?   
   30 Jun 25 07:29:26   
   
   From: michael.uplawski@uplawski.eu   
      
   Phil Hobbs wrote in sci.optics:   
   >>Or maybe I am just nuts.   
      
   >That’s a solid angle of   
   >   
   >2pi*(1-cos(42 deg)) =1.614 steradians,   
   >   
   >which is big, but still less than 13% of the sphere, so the inside is   
   >smaller than the outside.   
      
   Perfect. Geometry was none of the solutions that I could think of.   
      
   >Or do you have something else in mind?   
      
   Probably not. TY.   
   I will find a way to express the facts with frugal (rural) words.   
      
   Have a nice week, all.   
      
   Michael   
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