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April 30, 2015

Thank you to everyone who submitted rainbow photos, or posted them to our Facebook page!

Ray Boudewyn captured this shot with his iPhone 5 on April 8, 2015. He wrote: — Ray Boudewyn captured this shot with his iPhone 5 on April 8, 2015. He wrote: “Right place at the right time during a brief storm in SF.” Thanks, Ray!

Merida, Spain. April 26, 2015. Photo: Juan Manuel Pérez Rayego

Photo: Darek Kochman

View larger. | Photo credit: Jennifer Khordi — View larger. | Looks like the pot of gold is somewhere in Brooklyn. Photo credit: Jennifer Khordi

Huntsville, Alabama, April 19, by Allison Lewis

Waxahachie, Texas. Photo: Tracy Lynn Jones

Cilifton, New Jersey. Photo: Jennifer Khordi. — Clifton, New Jersey. Photo: Jennifer Khordi.

Glorious rainbow after a storm, at dawn, from Cindy Gurmann in Whitestone, New York.

Washington, DC. April 20, 2015. Photo: Donna Edwards

And here are a few more … not from April 2015 but too cool to leave out.

double_rainbow_nevada_580 — Navada, after heavy monsoon rain. Photo credit: RN Misha

rainbow_piece_1000 — Photo credit: Lee Capps

rainbow_11-4-2012_Jean_Marie_Delaporte_Normandy_France — After the rain in Normandy, France via our friend Jean Marie Delaporte.

rainbow_6-21-2012_Jv_Noriega_Manila_Philippines — Manila, Philippines. Photo Credit: Jv Noriega

rainbow_sprinkler_580 — You can see a small complete circular rainbow in the spray from a garden hose if you get the angle just right. Photo via Katherine Keyes Millett in Salem, Massachusetts.

Tonia Coleman-Klein captured this rainbow on March 29, 2014. She said it's the brightest one she ever saw. — Tonia Coleman-Klein captured this rainbow on March 29, 2014. She said it’s the brightest one she ever saw.

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