A rainbow stretched over the city Monday during 7 p.m. clapping for health care workers
A rainbow forms in the sky from the top of One World Trade Center to the top of the Empire State Building as the sun sets in New York City on April 13, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey.(Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Social media users citywide posted photos of a rainbow that formed over the middle of New York City shortly after 7 p.m. Monday. That’s the time New Yorkers open the windows to bang together pots and pans to celebrate the bravery of essential workers who keep the city moving at the height of a deadly pandemic.
One of the most beautiful images was snapped by Instagram user Gary Hershorn.
“A crazy beautiful rainbow from the top of One World Trade Center to the top of the Empire State Building as the sun set tonight in New York City,” he captioned that shot.
Christopher Robbins posted an Instagram photo of what appears to be the same weather phenomenon as viewed from Manhattan’s Lower East Side, still glistening from a fresh rainfall.
In Brooklyn, Corey Epstein captured what appeared to be two rainbows forming new bridges over the East River and stretching into Manhattan.
“Double Rainbow over Brooklyn,” he wrote, referencing a video posted by artist Paul Vasquez of California that went viral due to Vasquez’s extremely excited reaction to the rare occurrence.
National Geographic explains the formation of a rainbow as the result of light striking water droplets at an angle perceptible to viewers.
“The colors on a primary rainbow are always in order of their wavelength, from longest to shortest: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet,” the science and nature publication states.
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