--- title: Quadruple Rainbow Photo Shows 2 Double Rainbows description: The photo of a quadruple rainbow taken by Amanda Curtis CEO of Nineteenth Amendment at the Glen Cove LIRR station in Long Island New York canonical: https://time.com/3830200/quadruple-rainbow-photo/ author: Olivia B. 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Quadruple rainbow spotted at the LIRR station in Glen Cove, N.Y. on April 21, 2015. Amanda Curtis, CEO of 19th Amendment  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 21, 2015 9:23 PM UTC Amanda Curtis, CEO of Nineteenth Amendment, a company that showcases works by emerging fashion designers, [tweeted](https://twitter.com/amanda%5Fcurtis/status/590469469467729920) a photo of what appears to be two double rainbows that she says she saw from the Long Island Rail Road station in Glen Cove, N.Y. Spotting this rare condition has seemed less like chasing rainbows since a German rainbow hunter’s photos of “triple” and “quadruple” rainbows appeared in the scientific journal _Applied Optics_. Raymond Lee, a professor of meteorology at the U.S. Naval Academy, argues the phenomenon is more likely to be seen when there are a lot of dark clouds in the background or when rain drops of the same size are falling — basically “absolutely pouring” conditions, [_National Geographic_](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111007-first-quadruple-rainbow-triple-science-optics/) reports. ### Aurora Borealis 1953  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. 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Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  LIFE photographer J.R. Eyerman on assignment in Canada, keeping his camera operable in the freezing cold while photographing the Northern Lights in 1953. J. R. 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