Pic of the Day: Rainbow over Santo Domingo

December 22, 2018

211218_rainbow_santo_domingo — Alejandro Zúñiga

SANTO DOMINGO, Heredia — Sunshine turned to cloudiness and a light rain Friday afternoon, but the result was a brilliant (but brief) rainbow over Costa Rica.

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