Posted on 08/14/2015 8:41:19 AM PDT by lbryce
The electrifying image took social media by storm: As of Aug. 14, Greg McCown's photo had garnered more than 1,000 Facebook likes and more than 3,600 retweets.
There's a reason why it went viral: Those types of sightings are incredibly rare. Although 100 lighting bolts strike the Earth every second, the chances of them flashing near a rainbow are slim, said Randall Cerveny, a professor of meteorology at Arizona State University in Tucson.
"Usually, you don't get those two things to line up at the same time," Cerveny said, adding that a desert area like Tucson is more likely to serve up conditions for such a sighting. [Electric Earth: Stunning Images of Lightning]
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It's not necessarily Photoshop.
Looks like the leprechaun hiding the pot-o-gold is a crispy critter.
It went viral because the rainbow is the symbol of the LGBT peoples. They see this as a sign from the God they don’t believe in as an endorsement of homosexual marriage and Bruce Jenner and all that.
This truly is a beautiful photograph. Thank you for posting this Okie.
Gay lightning. AC or DC?
Looks like The Devil is doing a bit more than beating his wife there.
If I am not mistaken, those are the Superstition Mountains in the background. I wonder if the Dutchman’s mine is right in the center of the lightening strike and end of the rainbow. Might be worth investigating.
Send cash and I will use it to buy supplies for the search. Honest. Really. Scout’s Honor.
I have done a lot of realistic image “manipulation” in Photoshop.
This image is not very darned likely a composite .
I like the cactus flipping the bird. :-)
Arizona State U is in Tempe (Phoenix) - University of Arizona is in Tucson.
Serious mistake if you’re from Zona.
As far as I’m concerned, it can be Photshop. I don’t care.
The weather phenomenon called Virga happens in the desert quite often. I have seen lighting flashes from these phenomenon and the possibility of a rainbow occuring is not out of the realm of possibility.
He could’t give two hoots for that phenom.But he’s happy about the rain, lightning, rainbow or not.
The carrot and the stick.
Arizona for sure. As to exactly where I don’t know. Also I can see that happening. The sun would have to be behind the photographer.
lol
Is your #7 a pic of what hilary sees late at night? haha
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