19 photos of Friday night's rainbow and fiery sunset in Vancouver

Jun 18 2016, 12:57 pm

The skies over much of the Metro Vancouver region lit up with brilliant colours on Friday evening.

People took to social media this evening to post photos of a rainbow just as the sun was beginning to dip under the cloud ceiling to the west. It provided for the perfect conditions for a rainbow, and from certain vantage points there were even double rainbows.

The rainbows later gave way to a brilliantly fiery sunset of yellow, orange, red, and pink colours, which happens when light reflects and scatters off particles such as cloud droplets or air pollution. Just after sunrise or before sunset, when the angle of the sun and the horizon is less than 10%, sunlight becomes red as a result of refraction for all colours except those with a reddish hue.

Giant #rainbow in #vancouver #vancity #yvr #vancitybuzz

A photo posted by Aaron Ottho (@otthobot) on

Simple wins in life: double and joined by my favourite tonight

A photo posted by Vuitton Chan *its my real name (@vuittonc) on

Double #rainbow! #Vancouver #YVR #vancity #rainbow #VancityBuzz #DailyHiveVan

A photo posted by Ken Chan (@vancityinsider) on

Beautiful rainbow over Carano tonight…

A photo posted by Pizza Carano (@pizzacarano) on

Magnificent sunset tonight at #EnglishBay #vancitybuzz #westendbia #travelBC #vancity #hdr

A photo posted by The Awesome MsVickie (@vickietorious_) on

Vancouver sunsets #vancitybuzz #yvr #pnw #vancouver #westcoastbestcoast

A photo posted by sarah (@sarahsriracha) on

Inspirational Title: “Sometimes it’s not quite clear why people do what they do, I mean, life is a strange f**king kettle of sh*t fish” -Jim Lahey About this photo: I am absolutely devastated that I am sitting on my deck and seeing this. There was literally no clouds in the sky about 45 minutes before this which is why I decided to stay in tonight… I am gutted to only have a shot from my deck with a sky like this. Warning: Photographers sometimes use “inspirational quotes” as titles for their photographs. I’ve decided (for better or worse) to include  quotes that reflect my own ridiculous personality. You’ve been warned ;-)… if you look behind the curtain of this sarcastic, goofball you will find ridiculousness. #hashtagdouche #awesome_photographers #canadasworld #discovervancouver #explorecanada #imagesofcanada #longexposure_shots #thegreatoutdoors #vancitybuzz  #vancityvibe #viewbugfeature  #destinationearth #TheGreatOutdoors #huffpostgram #justgoshoot #VeryVancouver #artofvisuals  #CanadianCreatives #earthfocus #jaw_dropping_shots #Places_wow #superhubs #vancityfeature  #vancityhype  #tlpicks #greatnorthcollective #peoplescreatives #ig_worldphoto #mobilemag #livefolk @nature.geography @natgeo @natgeocreative

A photo posted by Jason Darr (@jdarr604) on

Goodnight #vancouver and thank you for the most incredible sunset

A photo posted by Natascha Mehrabi (@nataschamehrabi) on

Wow, Vancouver. Wow. #vancityvibe #vancity #vancouver #inside_vancouver #vancitybuzz #vancityfeature #sunset

A photo posted by weekend for (@weekendfor2) on

So this is Friday night and everywhere I walked there was the smell of BBQ.

A photo posted by Sharon Wish (@bluechameleon) on

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