DOUBLE RAINBOWS OVER A LIGHTNING SKY

 DOUBLE RAINBOWS OVER A LIGHTNING SKY

A storm core turns the whole scene violet, lightning stitches the clouds, and two rainbow arcs lock into place like a clean optical “echo.” Down on the plain, a tight spinning column lifts dust and grass—so you’ve got rain, electricity, and rotation all sharing the same frame.

Double rainbow: The second, fainter arc happens when sunlight reflects twice inside raindrops before reaching your eyes. That extra bounce flips the color order on the outer bow and makes it dimmer.

Lightning + rainbows: Lightning can fire while sunlight still reaches the rain shaft—especially near the storm’s edge—so you get rainbows even with a violent sky.

That spinning column: This looks like a dust devil / landspout-style vortex—a narrow rotation that can form when strong surface heating and shifting winds create spin, then rising air tightens it into a visible column as it picks up dust.

 Devils Tower area, Wyoming, USA