Double Rainbow Appears Over L.A., Twitter Explodes in Meme Catchphrases

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Jolie O'Dell
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Double Rainbow Appears Over L.A., Twitter Explodes in Meme Catchphrases
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Full on. All the way.

The atmospheric phenomenon appeared in several TwitPics and images from other services; users captured it from airports, from between skyscrapers, from tenement buildings, and on one celebrity-tinged occasion (thanks, Levar Burton) from what appears to be a strip mall parking lot.

Already, the term "Double Rainbow" is a trending topic worldwide.

Only such a perfect storm of social media and memetic opportunity could have tipped the scales for Twitter's recently improved, WikiLeaks-defying trending topics algorithm.

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We've rounded up a few interesting images of the double rainbow, as well. While it's pretty, we're not sure it's instant-worldwide-trending-topic pretty. Its popularity is due to its predecessor, the original double rainbow, and its champion, Paul “Bear” Vasquez (a.k.a. The Double Rainbow Guy).

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