Sports Fans Hail Incredible Photo of Rainbow and Lightning Above Stadium

The Minnesota Twins have shared one of the best sports photos of the year showing dramatic skies above Target Field in Minneapolis.

The Twins shared the photo across the baseball side’s social media platforms where it has received thousands of likes and millions of views.

“I’m not joking when I say this might be one of the greatest pictures ever taken,” writes one X user.

The photo was taken during a rain delay as a wild day of weather hit Minneapolis yesterday (Monday) which saw severe thunderstorms rip through southern Minnesota. Fans in the stadium were warned that “incoming weather may include lightning” and urged to “find shelter along the concourses.”

The weather was no joke as thousands of people were left without power as the area was hit by wind gusts of up to 90 miles per hour. Temperatures there plummeted by 20 degrees in a matter of minutes after it had previously been in the 90s.

But the storm brought atmospheric red skies, a rainbow, and lightning strikes which were captured by a photographer who braved the rain during the delay at Target Field stadium where the Twins were playing the Atlanta Braves.

The official photographer for the Twins is Brace Hemmelgarn who shared the photo to his Instagram Story as well as a short clip with the caption: “Not every day you play through tornado sirens.”

Play did eventually get back underway with the Twins eventually losing to the Braves 6-10. Some commented on how brief the sky looked the way it did — confirming that the photographer was on their toes.

“We saw the red, but by the time we got our cameras out, it had mostly changed. The rainbow [appearing] when it was so late and starting to get dark was unusual,” writes Lindsay Orwig beneath the photo on Facebook.

If Hemmelgarn did take the photo (PetaPixel has reached out seeking confirmation) then it wouldn’t be the first time he captured lightning above Target Field: He won the inaugral pro baseball photo competition with his portfolio that featured an electric shock in the skies of Minneapolis.