iN PHOTOS: Soggy summer days bring rainbows to Kamloops, Okanagan

Wet days and a mixed bag of weather in Kamloops and the Okanagan this summer have created several opportunities to see rainbows, and even two at a time. Rainbows appear when sunlight bounces around water droplets, reflects off the backs of the droplets and returns back toward us. Sunlight is made of different wavelengths of light that break into an array of colours, according to the Old Farmers Almanac. https://www.almanac.com/what-rainbow-how-do-rainbows-form# On several days this summer a double rainbow has appeared, which occurs when sunlight reflects off each droplet twice.  Rainbows are rare in the winter when water turns to ice or snow, and on rainy summer days they add a joyful pop of colour to the sky. To contact a reporter for this story, email Shannon Ainslie mailto:sainslie@infonews.ca  or call 250-819-6089 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .