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Rainbows

By adamg - 6/25/17 - 10:14 pm

Great Spaces Boston created a time-lapse video of the clouds over Boston late in the day. Read more.

By adamg - 6/1/17 - 7:05 pm
Rainbow over the Reserved Channel

Krista Easterly enjoyed some rainbow action over the Reserve Channel and Boston Harbor this afternoon.

Dr. B watched the storm retreat from Revere Beach: Read more.

By adamg - 5/6/17 - 9:30 pm
Rainbow over Waltham

Melissa looked up around 7:50 this evening.

By adamg - 2/25/17 - 4:50 pm
Rainbow over the Massachusetts Turnpike

Erika Holmberg shows us the rainbow over the turnpike in Newton this afternoon.

She wasn't the only one to look up as the rain ended: Read more.

By adamg - 10/29/16 - 9:57 am
Rainbow over the Charles River

Melissa Sullivan enjoyed the rainbow over the Charles River this morning.

She wasn't alone: Read more.

By adamg - 6/29/16 - 5:15 pm
Rainbow over West Roxbury High School

Around 4:40 p.m., from Millennium Park.

By adamg - 3/18/16 - 5:41 pm
Rainbow over Boston Harbor

Neil was among those who enjoyed the rainbow (or in some cases, rainbows) after the rain squall that moved through around 4:45 p.m. - heralding the polar front that sets us up for Sunday's nor'easter. He had a front-row seat overlooking the Boston Fish Pier and the harbor.

More photos of the squall and the rainbow action, with bonus hail video from the Back Bay (and now with photos from the second rainbow round around 6:30 p.m.):

By adamg - 3/17/16 - 7:40 pm
Sunset over Roslindale

Chamomile Tea took in the sunset over Roslindale Square this evening. More sunset and rainbow photos.

By adamg - 3/17/16 - 5:15 pm
Rainbow over Boston area

Jan spotted a rainbow shortly before 5 p.m. from the 49th floor of the Hancock building.

By adamg - 11/13/15 - 3:48 pm
Double rainbow over Quincy and Dacia streets in Dorchester

Boston captured a double rainbow over Quincy and Dacia streets this afternoon.

But wait, there's more! Read more.

By adamg - 6/9/15 - 8:42 pm
Storm from South Boston deck

Frank Kosiba watched the storm roll in from his deck in South Boston.

Elsie Kenyon, meanwhile, got to see both ends of the rainbow from the Longfellow Bridge: Read more.

By adamg - 6/9/15 - 8:13 pm
Rainbow over Marlborough

Double bows over Marlborough. Photo by Michael McCarthy.

From Marlborough to Boston to Quincy, residents reported seeing rainbows this evening - along with some amazing cloud formations, like Emily Campbell's photo of the incoming storm:

Incoming storm over Cambridge

Here are more:

By adamg - 10/26/14 - 6:31 pm
Sunset over South Boston

Just when you were thinking we hadn't had a good rainbow recently. Christine Kelly shows us the scene in South Boston late this afternoon.

By adamg - 9/2/14 - 4:51 pm
Rainbow in Kendall Square

Saul Blum captured the rainbow in Kendall Square around 4:40 p.m. No word if he found the leprechaun with gold at the end.

By adamg - 8/8/14 - 10:53 am
Rainbow in Allston

Phil captured the rainbow over Cambridge Street and the turnpike in Allston yesterday - from the same storm that gave us that giant cloud.

Copyright Phil. Posted in on Flickr.

Jed Hresko, meanwhile, spotted the rainbow downtown:

By adamg - 7/8/14 - 11:16 am
Twisting clouds over Bolton, Mass.

Such as this twisting cloud that Rich Beaubien photographed over Bolton? Don't worry: The National Weather Service says:

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH A SECONDARY CONCERN FOR HAIL.

By adamg - 5/30/14 - 6:18 pm
Double rainbow over downtown Boston

Rachel Ringenberg shares the view out her window late this afternoon.

More rainbow photos in the comments.

By adamg - 4/27/14 - 7:45 pm
Allston rainbow

Jack Adams captured the rainbow this evening over Brighton Avenue.

By adamg - 3/15/14 - 6:59 pm
Mattapan rainbow

Diamond Kartel captured the rainbow over Mattapan around 4:30 p.m.

By adamg - 10/22/13 - 6:49 pm
Sunset over the Back Bay

Look one way this afternoon and you got a brillant sunset, as shown in this photo by the Mayor's Office above and by Rocio Lluch, below:

Sunset

Look the other way and you got an rainbow, as Rohan Krishna shows:

Rainbow
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