Rainbow and Lightning at Sunset

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The juxtaposition of rainbow, sunset, and lightning was outrageous.

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_Elkie_ says:

omg! this is such a beautiful photo. it's intense and electrified. well done!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

themexican says:

wow crazy shot. Weren't a bit worried about getting zapped, being up on the roof and all?
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

elkie: Thanks! :)

themexican: Actually I took it from inside my condo with the window open. The roofs you see are the buildings across the street. The thing I was worried about was when the wind picked up and rain started to come in that I'd get my floor soaked. :)
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

CRP-PDX says:

Awesome shot.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

lexly87 aka Duc N. Ly says:

vry cool i didn't get such a good shot
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

spyzter says:

Fantastic - you caught it all, and perfectly too. Definitely a rare opportunity.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

mnology says:

Was this from the Fathers day storm? We saw where the east end of this rainbow ended in Gresham. There are a lot of good pictures from this odd storm on that day.

This one captures the whole event.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

duncandavidson says:

Yep, it was the storm on June 19th. A very interesting storm. I've never seen anything quite like it. And I've been loving going throw Flickr and finding the other pictures from the storm. Such a cool way to share the experience.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

thetwilitekid says:

Really great shot. Seriously.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Capital I says:

nice rainbow.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Nathan's Dad says:

Brilliant shot, of the sort that get immortalized in science textbooks. Good work.

(found this photo from a link posted to reddit.com circa 2007-JAN-14)

To mnology from Wikipedia: "... A rainbow does not actually exist at a location in the sky, but rather is an optical phenomenon whose apparent position depends on the observer's location. ..."
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

windowshoppers1979 says:

Did I miss where this photo was taken? Just curious.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Eric Rolph says:

Fantastic!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

TeteSagehen says:

That is amazing! Thank you for sharing.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

dead_red_eyes says:

Beautiful photo, really stunning!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Dave Haygarth says:

Right place, right time - good photo!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Ghostlove says:

Holy moly! This is fabulous! :o)

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Seen on neatorama.com (?)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Olliver says:

Very cool!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

MDLTRN says:

Wow! Very good photo. I love they beauty, majesty, and wonder of a Thunderstorm along with a Rainbow. Haven't been lucky enough to get something like this. Very nice shot!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

ahknight says:

And now you're on the Digg front page. Congrats. :)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

boohkey [deleted] says:

This is just soooo amazing! Well done!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

K. Rattray says:

Great shot!

seen via Digg
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

~David says:

You gotta be kidding me, that's amazing.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

jhkenworth says:

Beautiful. Unbelievable.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

blue_sun says:

Nicely done, you got my Digg.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

lostsync says:

nice freakin shot man.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Matt Foley, Jr. [deleted] says:

Wow. Very impressive!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

m3mn0n says:

Great shot!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

nodomain1 says:

What a great shot. Congrats on all the Digg.com hits.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

duncandavidson says:

Thanks all! I really apprecate all the diggs. It's totally freaking amazing that this shot from a year and a half ago is getting so much attention. I'm totally honored.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Eyetalix says:

Bravo!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

vinodvv aka vcube says:

at first I thought it was photoshop work
gr8 timing.
wonderful
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

alniner says:

Thanks to digg for bringing this to my attention. Beautiful shot!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

dezeroex says:

Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

drgabler says:

very nice
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

marvinythomas says:

you did it on this one.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

leahbeatle says:

I saw this via Digg, too- dang that's cool. Wow.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

scorpionmintred says:

This photo had too many things happening at once for my taste. I enjoy looking at a rainbow from time to time. Often I am at work when the sunset happens, so I appreciate pictures of those. And lightning is old news. All three together is hardly more impressive than a little bit of one thing.

mintred.com
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

doctor health says:

very nice
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

spidydude says:

cool picture
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

joeartmaker [deleted] says:

Where is the snow !
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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