A bolt out of the blue! Storm chasers film the incredible rare phenomenon of lightning striking near a rainbow turning the sky a sea of indigo and purple
- The video, posted by storm chaser Misheyla Iwasiuk, shows a storm in Manitoba on Saturday
- Footage shows the large rainbow in part but the lightning strikes illuminate the sky
- Rainbow lightning is a rare phenomenon as the chances of lightning striking near a rainbow are slim
Storm chasers in Canada captured quite the spectacle on Saturday when they managed to capture video of lightning striking right underneath a rainbow.
The video, posted by storm chaser Misheyla Iwasiuk, shows a storm in Manitoba on Saturday.
Footage shows the large rainbow in part but the lightning strikes illuminate the sky.
The video, posted by storm chaser Misheyla Iwasiuk, shows a storm in Manitoba on Saturday
And while the video captures the moment when the lightning hits, no sound from thunder can be heard.
The orange-blue sky provides even more color, making for a stunning visual.
Manitoba experienced warm temperatures and plenty of rain last weekend leading into this week.
Rainbow lightning is a rare phenomenon as the chances of lightning striking near a rainbow are slim
Rainbow lightning is a rare phenomenon as the chances of lightning striking near a rainbow are slim, explained Randall Cerveny, a professor of meterology at Arizona State University in Tempe.
‘Usually, you don’t get those two things to line up at the same time,’ he said in a 2015 Live Science piece.
Both use raindrops in different ways, with rainbows using them to scatter sunlight. Lightning, on the other hand, can be created when raindrops shuttle electrical charges.