25 Sickest Photos of the Epic NYC Rainbow
Refracted light shining through water raindrops rarely looks this good.

Monday evening brought a breathtaking sight to New York City โ a relief for a concrete jungle in the midst of a heat wave โ in the form of an absolutely epic, towering double rainbow stretching over the entire city.
Weโre 19 days into Pride Month, and Mother Nature seems to have found a way to celebrate. NASAโs been getting on board, with its own celestial rainbows as has Google Maps with some rainbow routes
The rainbow was visible from multiple vantage points, including Jersey City, and held out as the sky darkened from a soft pink to a deep blue. It was a fleeting sight, but luckily (and unsurprisingly) New Yorkers immediately documented it and posted it all over their social media feeds, so we can relive the glory.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationโs National Weather Service offers this explanation of how rainbows form: โIt is created by refraction, total reflection, and the dispersion of light. It is visible when the sun is shining through air containing water spray or raindrops, which occurs during or immediately after a rain shower. The bow is always observed in the opposite side of the sky from the sun.โ
Check out the 25 best images of the rainbow, along with some videos, below.
Beautiful ๐๐Double Rainbow Emerges After Stormy Day in #NYC
— Jonathan Otto (@OttoJon) June 20, 2017
โค๏ธ From #Hoboken NJ pic.twitter.com/iX3wQpWsQS
Tonight the sunset complemented the sky #NYC #Flushing #sunset #rainbow pic.twitter.com/jCvKt3XGgH
— Alejandraโกโ๐ (@Sweetnsourlove) June 20, 2017
Best rainbow of all time in nyc right now pic.twitter.com/Up01wTKC9N
— chase b (@ogchaseb) June 20, 2017
#rainbow over #nyc pic.twitter.com/EmBjGRO6Cc
— Jaspre Guest (@jaspre) June 20, 2017
Totally insane double rainbow sunset over Manhattan right now. #nyc #hoboken pic.twitter.com/w5F2zSTgQZ
— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) June 20, 2017
Nice way to conclude a stormy day in Manhattan. #nyc #rainbow #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/eVIhEyAHmS
— Jeff Smith (@JeffSmithABC7) June 20, 2017
A panoramic of the @NYC rainbow. pic.twitter.com/EkNfJ6BXOI
— Jeremy Settle (@JeremySettle) June 20, 2017
Pretty dope rainbow over NYC right now
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) June 20, 2017
Alternate caption: The graphics in GTA 6 got really good ๐ pic.twitter.com/X1EVx2A131
Incredible rainbow over NYC tonight pic.twitter.com/88Q3DOE5PG
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) June 20, 2017
You don't see that every day, do you, kids? #rainbow #nyc pic.twitter.com/mGg1jKCHPH
— David Leite (@davidleite) June 20, 2017
Hate on social media all you like, but this is what it does best. These images are a gift.