The higher your vantage point, the more likely you’ll see more of the rainbow’s circle. Chen Hui/VCG via Getty Images The legend goes that there is a pot of gold hidden at the end of every rainbow.

MACON, Ga. — A rainbow forms when sunlight enters a raindrop. When this happens, sunlight bounces around the raindrop and changes speed and direction. That's called refraction. These changes also ...

On January 4, 2026, in Santa Cruz, California, USA, @DustinMulvaney shared a video of a striking double rainbow forming ...

Photo taken: June 29 at Rainy Lake in the North Cascades Photographer’s description: “After a night of astro photography at Washington Pass, I stopped by Rainy Lake before heading home. A rainbow was ...

The weather conditions right now are very conducive to rainbows, but not just the ordinary, single rainbows. We had a lot of double rainbows in the past two days. Let’s look at why our sky has looked ...