Social media lit up on Tuesday as a stunning photo of what appears to be a quadruple rainbow made the rounds. Amanda Curtis took the shot while waiting on a train at Glen Cove, NY, this morning. After ...

For Australian amateur photographer Nola Davies it was the snap of a lifetime: six individual rainbows curving beautifully into the stillness of a lake near her home But for others, spotting each one ...

According to the National Weather Service (NWS), double rainbows are simply a reflection. To understand the phenomenon of a double rainbow, it’s important to understand how a rainbow is initially ...

According to the National Weather Service (NWS), double rainbows are simply a reflection. To understand the phenomenon of a double rainbow, it’s important to understand how a rainbow is initially ...

The short answer to this question: Light bounces off of water droplets and is split into the colors that make up white light. That refracted light is bounced back to our eyes as a rainbow. But let's ...

Rainbows, with their bright bands of colors appearing in the sky, captivate both young and old. But what causes this natural phenomenon? Sunlight appears white but is actually composed of all the ...

An amateur photographer was lucky enough to stumble across the arresting sight of a 'twin' rainbow reflected out of the sea. Phil Thompson, 57, took his photograph of the rare phenomenon from the ...

Forget the double rainbow. This year, the quadruple rainbow is all the rage. A new photograph shows the first-ever evidence of an elusive fourth-order rainbow. The spectacle in the image looks like a ...

This picture is brought to you by Being at the Right Place at the Right Time With the Right Equipment. The photo was taken by Joan Wallner in July 2010. She was driving home from Yellowstone National ...

This week, thanks to a question from Temple, New Hampshire resident Lorraine von Sneidern, the Curiosity Desk not only went chasing answers, we also went chasing rainbows. "Why are the rainbows that I ...

We've all dreamed of finding the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow! Pots of gold at the end of two visible rainbows are obviously extra lucky, but how about three rainbows at once? A lottery win?!?