Rainbow Over New York Followed by a Pot of Gold in Lower Manhattan

Every night at 7 PM in New York City, citizens have used their roofs, balconies, fire escapes, windows, and public parks to praise the impossible job that healthcare and other medical workers have been doing over the last few months.

Just as the praise ended on April 13, 2020, a gorgeous, full-color rainbow appeared over the city.

A crazy beautiful rainbow from the top of One World Trade Center to the top of the Empire State Building as the sun set tonight in New York City.

LES rainbow pic.twitter.com/SaPDoScCz0

— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) April 13, 2020

Right as the cheering died down in Jersey City at 7PM tonight, a rainbow appeared outside our window over the Hudson. Made me cry. Tough week. Stay safe everyone. pic.twitter.com/Y8AmltWwaQ

— Matt Doyle (@MattfDoyle) April 13, 2020

Just now: a post rainstorm rainbow poised over NYC. May we all survive & thrive. 💙🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/p7ZivM9t4v

— Erika Belle says “Stay Safe” (@subject_eye) April 13, 2020

double rainbow over brooklyn ❤️ pic.twitter.com/I7kr9mvWQl

— Cory Epstein (@cory_ep) April 13, 2020

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The colors of rainbow so pretty in the sky. #nyc #rainbow #quarentine2020

A post shared by Wanderingkid (@enxi1111) on Apr 14, 2020 at 10:07am PDT

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Lol im literally a lump of furry gold at the end of TWO RAINBOWS. Am I blessed or what

A post shared by @ margot_the_beagle_ on Apr 13, 2020 at 4:17pm PDT

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ICYMI yesterday evening, here's a carousel of the brilliant double rainbow that appeared just around the time of New York's nightly #clapbecausewecare cheers. It was a nice show from Mother Nature. We could certainly use more rainbows these days. 🌈🗽 Photos: @superexpressiveandcool, @ebensdorf, @lancelotlanding, @mattrobertsny, @lilianmphoto (2), @l_bell24

A post shared by NYCgo (@nycgo) on Apr 14, 2020 at 10:15am PDT

As the rainbow over NYC ended, the setting sun turned the buildings turned lower Manhattan into a proverbial pot of gold. Photojournalist Gary Hershorn captured this incredible moment.

The amazing thing tonight was after the rainbow over One World Trade Center in New York City disappeared, lower Manhattan turned into the pot of gold #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork @_WTCOfficial #sunset @agreatbigcity pic.twitter.com/FPXttHCTRP

— Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) April 14, 2020

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Last night's sunset rainbow over One World Trade Center and the Empire State Building in New York City. #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc @EmpireStateBldg #sunset @wtc @silversteinproperties #rainbow

A post shared by Gary Hershorn (@garyhershorn) on Apr 14, 2020 at 5:02am PDT