It’s a beautiful sight: a rainbow and a secondary rainbow at a greater angle above it. The term “double rainbow” is used when both the primary and secondary rainbows are visible. A primary rainbow is ...

NORFOLK, Va. — It’s not uncommon after summertime thunderstorms to see a rainbow on the horizon. But a double rainbow is that much more special. Made popular in a viral video, a double rainbow is a ...

This time of the year, when we see consistent rounds of early evening showers and thunderstorms, we often see rainbows when the sun starts to descend lower on the horizon. Rainbows occur when sunlight ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Happy “rainbow season”! This time of the year, when we see consistent rounds of early evening showers and thunderstorms, we often see rainbows when the sun starts to descend lower ...

A rare scene of a double rainbow and lightning occurring simultaneously in a very "lucky" moment was captured in Ohio. The image was taken at the edge of campus at Ohio State University in Columbus, ...

It seems like I have seen a lot more double rainbows this summer. I wondered why. Turns out, the proper term is secondary rainbow, according to scientists. This secondary rainbow is actually a ...

Rainbows are optical phenomena resulting from the interaction of sunlight, water droplets, and the human visual system, not physical objects. Scientific understanding of rainbows developed over ...