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Reader Photos: Rainbow over San José, Costa Rica

Alejandro Zúñiga
By Alejandro Zúñiga
Courtesy Marc Durso.

Costa Rica is beautiful, and we love when readers share their photos with us. Send some our way: alejandro@ticotimes.net. 

Reader Marc Durso e-mailed The Tico Times some of the most memorable photos he has taken in Costa Rica.

The feature photo shows a rainbow spotted from an apartment complex in Calle Blancos, San José, while the below photo shows the iconic crater of Irazú Volcano.

Courtesy Marc Durso.

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