![A thunderstorm explodes over the Colorado high country with a rainbow and blue sky below. (© Tony's Takes)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2023/08-05-2023-RMNP-Scenes-and-Campground-Rainbow/i-GkNj5Nn/0/4aeea724/X4/20230805%2018-45-24%200006-X4.jpg)
Let’s call it Thunderstorm Thursday!
Saturday afternoon we were hanging out at the campsite and the usual PM thunderstorm rolled through. It was nothing too dramatic with a little bit of small hail and a pretty good rain shower. As the storm moved to the east, I was closely watching, expecting it could be something cool to photograph and indeed it was.
The rain was still falling pretty heavily so I waited and once it eased, I grabbed my camera and raced to a spot about 100 yards away where I could get a clear view. Dark, dramatic mammatus-like clouds were overhead and coming from them, a beautiful rainbow. A fine show put on by Mother Nature!