Stunning and incredibly rare QUADRUPLE rainbow

The rare formation, which appears to be formed of two double rainbows, appeared over a commuter rail station on Long Island early Tuesday.

Amanda Curtis, the founder of a fashion company, snapped the phenomenon while she was waiting for the Long Island Railroad at the Glen Cove station.

Two vivid, primary rainbows can be seen to the left of the image, while dimmer reflections, which have the order of the colors reversed, appear further to the right.

Curits posted the image on Twitter hoping that it would bring her luck - and the picture was promptly shared hundreds of times.

Reliving the moment in an interview with the Weather Channel, Curtis said: 'I was waiting for my commuter train into NYC and I was outside on the Glen Cove station platform and saw two double rainbows - and was just absolutely blown away by it.

'I decided to take the opportunity to snap to picture to use for later inspiration.'

She said that the image was taken in a split second while her train was coming in to the station.

Curits said: 'I was outside and my train was coming - so I think I'm good under pressure and just decided to snap it and then run after the train.'

The quadruple rainbow followed a storm night in the tri-state area, which saw New York City buffeted with rain and occasional strokes of lightning in the early hours. 

(dailymail.co.uk)