Manitoba weather: Photographer snaps photo of rainbow and lightning strike at same time [Video]

Getting a photograph of a rainbow? Common. Getting a photo of a lightning strike? Rare. Getting a photo of both at the same time? Extremely rare, but it happened to a Manitoba photographer this week.

Joey Siemens, who lives in Winkler was out Monday chasing the thunderstorms in the region, trying to get a photo of lightning which eluded him. During a break in the storm, he got the perfect opportunity for a photo.

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“When the sun was setting, it shone toward the east and managed to display this brilliant rainbow in the sky,” he said. “So I literally just kind of stepped out of my house, took the opportunity, set up my camera, and started firing off a shot.”

While Siemens photographed the double rainbow, he was able to capture something else; a lightning …