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Lightning and a Double Rainbow

Posted by Jerrold Litwinenko / June 1, 2009

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20090601_storm01.jpgOn Saturday, a brief, flash storm ripped through Toronto. Some gusting winds, some amazing lighting (see photo by scott3eh above), and the roar of thunder was almost immediately followed by a remarkable scene - a stunning double rainbow.

Being the shutterbugs they are, blogTO readers were quick to snap away, and share them with us via the blogTO Flickr pool. Here are some of the best of the best photos (and a video).

20090601_storm02.jpg"DSC00142" by mikepop2ca.


20090601_storm03.jpg"double rainbow" by _L7.


20090601_storm04.jpg"Skydome" by guajava.


20090601_storm05.jpg"Toronto, May 30, 2009" by DAVISION.


20090601_storm06.jpg"Over the Valley" by ~EvidencE~.


20090601_storm07.jpg"Aftermath" by dave_in_t_o.


20090601_storm08.jpg"after the storm" by craig.dales.



Video by silverwolfxp27.

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Sean Galbraith / June 1, 2009 at 10:59 am
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Nice shots. I got caught out when the rain hit. Bit of a soaker.
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Dave / June 1, 2009 at 11:20 am
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Great work everyone.
I swore you could almost reach out and touch this rainbow...it was neat.
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Jerrold / June 1, 2009 at 11:31 am
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I was barbecuing fish kababs when the rain came, and was eating fish kebabs in the shelter of indoors when the rainbow must have been shining. I had no idea. Would have loved to have seen it with my own eyes, but glad the cameras were out in full force to capture it.
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b29 / June 1, 2009 at 12:12 pm
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some really nice shots here.... i just LOVE the one by _L7.
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Kwil / June 1, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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I did not catch the double rainbow, only got a shot of the a single over the tower. Great shots!
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Michael / June 1, 2009 at 04:07 pm
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Outstanding photos.
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Breanna / June 1, 2009 at 04:54 pm
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Wow Jerrold. Those pictures are stunning.
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Nancy / June 1, 2009 at 05:36 pm
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Fantastic shots, all of them!
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Torontonian / June 1, 2009 at 06:09 pm
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Wonderful photos! Thanks for sharing.
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Karlo / June 1, 2009 at 08:29 pm
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Here's another good YouTube video of the rainbow, but this one catches the intensity of the rainbow's colour a lot better (plus no commentary).
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Karlo replying to a comment from Karlo / June 1, 2009 at 08:30 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhDIZ-N3Wtk
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Jennifer / July 4, 2009 at 01:55 pm
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wow that's really really cool! i've never seen a double rainbow before. these are amazing photos :)
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Sam Golden / July 16, 2009 at 10:09 am
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double rainbow holy shit! I wanna see one in real life

http://samgolden.co.uk/
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Debs / May 24, 2011 at 01:21 pm
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Thank you so much for posting this - so glad that people got pictures; I couldn't see it from where I was at all. I've linked to this post on my duo's website so that friends can come see the photos; I hope you don't mind! (http://debsanderrol.com/2011/05/double-rainbow/)
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Debs replying to a comment from Debs / May 24, 2011 at 01:28 pm
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Of course, now I realize after posting that this wasn't yesterday's double rainbow. :)
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