Lightning and a Double Rainbow

Posted by Jerrold
Filed in City
June 1, 2009

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.

Sean Galbraith on June 1, 2009 at 10:59 AM

Nice shots. I got caught out when the rain hit. Bit of a soaker.

Dave on June 1, 2009 at 11:20 AM

Great work everyone.
I swore you could almost reach out and touch this rainbow...it was neat.

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Jerrold on June 1, 2009 at 11:31 AM

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.

b29 on June 1, 2009 at 12:12 PM

some really nice shots here.... i just LOVE the one by _L7.

Kwil on June 1, 2009 at 12:21 PM

I did not catch the double rainbow, only got a shot of the a single over the tower. Great shots!

Michael on June 1, 2009 at 4:07 PM

Outstanding photos.

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Breanna on June 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM

Wow Jerrold. Those pictures are stunning.

Nancy on June 1, 2009 at 5:36 PM

Fantastic shots, all of them!

Torontonian on June 1, 2009 at 6:09 PM

Wonderful photos! Thanks for sharing.

Karlo on June 1, 2009 at 8:29 PM

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).

Jennifer on July 4, 2009 at 1:55 PM

wow that's really really cool! i've never seen a double rainbow before. these are amazing photos :)

Sam Golden on July 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM

double rainbow holy shit! I wanna see one in real life

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