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25 Stunning Rainbows Around the World

See rainbows light up the sky from San Francisco to Easter Island
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By SKYE Editors Mar 07, 2013

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    A rainbow on a very stormy evening behind the green on the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland.

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    A rainbow over Bonifacio, Corsica, France.

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    A rainbow is seen over AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif.

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    A rainbow over Coyote Buttes sandstone formations in northern Arizona.

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    A rainbow is seen as the sun sets at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Brisbane, Australia.

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    A plane is seen next to a rainbow on Ankaroa Bay in Easter Island, off the Chilean coast in the Pacific Ocean.

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    A full rainbow is seen during fall at Alaska's Denali National Park.

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    A rainbow is seen over Seefeld, Austria.

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  • AP Photo/Asheville Citizen-Times, John Coutlakis, File
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    A rainbow forms over the City Hall building in Asheville, N.C.

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  • AP Photo/Rene Lescornez
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    A rainbow over the Juan Fernandez islands, 400 miles from the Chilean mainland.

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    A double rainbow shines thru the rain over the forest in West Kalimantan province on Borneo island.

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  • LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images
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    A double rainbow is seen over central London.

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    A Boeing 787 taxis under a rainbow created by fire trucks at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in Seattle.

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    A rainbow and lightening come together as the sun casts shadows on the buildings in Kuala Lumpur.

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    A rainbow formed by mist from the Iguacu Falls straddles the Iguazu River on the border between Brazil and Argentina.

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    A rainbow is seen beyond the Plaza de España in Seville, Spain.

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    A rainbow is seen next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

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    A rainbow is seen among clouds over Venice, La.

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    Gray Cranes flock under a shining rainbow at the Agamon Hula Lake in the Hula Valley of northern Israel.

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    A rainbow is seen on Ankaroa Bay in Easter Island,  off the Chilean coast in the Pacific Ocean.

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    Lightning and a faint rainbow are seen over the state agency buildings at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, N.Y.

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    A motorcyclist and cab driver wait for a green signal as a full rainbow appears in the sky in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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    A rainbow is seen above the Charles Bridge in Prague.

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    A rainbow appears after a rain shower over the Strasbourg cathedral in eastern France.

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    A rainbow over pastures near Alpine, Oregon.

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BeeTreeLady

HI. Sign out? Maybe not. Didn\'t know I was signed in. And if I have just one choice-- OUT or IN--well, I don\'t know. But whatever it is that I\'m either OUTSIDE or INTO, I generally for nowchoose to be where the people are,

So, for now,please count me IN.

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panhermes

Anyone else spot the BIG~Butt~Bow?

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coffeeman

never seen anything like this in my life

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Cortney Roberts Evan

Oh wow thats beautiful as ******* hell

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Judy

... it had to be fun trying... :)

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jugglingjim

I was on a beach in Coronado Ca. and followed a rainbow 12 miles to the next town of Imperial Beach where I was able to get to the very end of the rainbow There it was just a few feet from me. However ever the closer I got the rainbow would move always, staying just a few feet away. I attempted for an hour to get in the middle of all that color to no avail. I was hoping anybody would come by so I could close my eyes and have them direct me to the rainbow. I learned that day you cannot ever find that elusive pot of gold. You cannot catch a rainbow.

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