Rainbow at Victoria Falls in Zambia
© Dietmar Temps/Shutterstoc
Follow the rainbow
April showers bring rainbows and on 3 April it's Find a Rainbow Day. Our homepage rainbow is at Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Scottish explorer David Livingstone named it in honour of Queen Victoria, although it's also known by its indigenous Lozi name, Mosi-oa-Tunya, which means 'the smoke that thunders'. According to some records, local villagers described the waterfall to Livingstone as 'Seongo' or 'Chongwe', which means 'the place of the rainbow', because rainbows appear in its spray. Under a bright moon, you might also see a 'moonbow' here.
Related Images
St Mary Falls in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
Loup of Fintry waterfall on the River Endrick, Scotland
A cypress tree in the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA
From Nasa’s Terra satellite, an image of fallstreak holes in clouds over the southern United States
Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, China
Sutherland Falls and Lake Quill in New Zealand
The Quinault Rainforest in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA
Letchworth State Park, New York, USA
Bing Today Images
Armbrug bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 03, 2026
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Apr 03, 2024
Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Apr 03, 2023
Cherry blossoms at Tai Lake at Wuxi, China
Apr 03, 2022
Lighthouse at Cape Aniva, Sakhalin Island, Russia
Apr 03, 2021
The diving gondola on Sellin Pier, Germany
Apr 03, 2017
