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Ever seen bolts of lightning over top of a rainbow? This happened on the Fourth of July in Florida.

By

Brian Donegan

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July 11, 2016


Lightning rainbow in Lehigh Acres, Florida, on July 4, 2016.

(Kelly and Chris Windbigler/Facebook)


The Fourth of July in Lehigh Acres, Florida, featured a colorful sky, lit up by both lightning and a rainbow simultaneously as a thunderstorm passed nearby.

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Kelly and Chris Windbigler shared the following photos on our Facebook page of this incredible, rare sighting.

(MORE: Lightning Strikes Plane in a Rainbow in Amazing Viral Image)



The four photos were taken in a burst and are displayed in order below.


Lightning rainbow in Lehigh Acres, Florida, on July 4, 2016.

(Kelly and Chris Windbigler/Facebook)



Lightning rainbow in Lehigh Acres, Florida, on July 4, 2016.

(Kelly and Chris Windbigler/Facebook)



Lightning rainbow in Lehigh Acres, Florida, on July 4, 2016.

(Kelly and Chris Windbigler/Facebook)



Lightning rainbow in Lehigh Acres, Florida, on July 4, 2016.

(Kelly and Chris Windbigler/Facebook)


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