Well, to begin with, in today’s busy life, people often look at the sky to feel calm and escape from stress. Here I would like to talk about a special occasion when I witness spectacular rainbow in the sky. If I talk about when it happens, it happens about 6 months ago during summer vacation. When I visited my maternal uncle house in the village, in countryside, comparing to the noises city, the village atmosphere was very peaceful and calm, and with green films and even a historical museum nearby. One evening when we went to the field to check the crop, the weather suddenly changed. At the first the sun was shining brightly but as soon as the clouds covered the entire sky and it raining started. Honestly speaking this hot shower felt like a blessing in disguise. The smell of wet soil and the phrase cold breeze made me feel like a day’s sleep. After about 15 minutes, the rainbow stopped, the sky cleared and at that moment the rainbow appeared across the sky over the field. And at that moment I still kept looking at it because it was once in a blue moon sight and tires felt like straight out of painting and when I watched this rainbow it reminded me that every cloud has silver lining and this beautiful outcome often follows difficult phases. To be honest I was over the moon when I was seeing it because in my city life due to pollution and tall buildings, I get hardly ever chance to see this kind of this particular view. And it was spectacular view, it gave me inner peace and reminded me that sometimes simplest sights was real icing on the cake. Overall, it was one of the most unforgettable view that I have ever witnessed.
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Well, to begin with, in today's busy life, people often look at the sky to feel calm and escape from stress. Here I would like to talk about a special occasion when I witnessed a spectacular rainbow in the sky. If I talk about when it happened, it was about 6 months ago during summer vacation. When I visited my maternal uncle's house in the village, compared to the noise of the city, the village atmosphere was very peaceful and calm, with green fields and even a historical museum nearby. One evening, when we went to the field to check the crops, the weather suddenly changed. At first, the sun was shining brightly, but as soon as the clouds covered the entire sky, it started raining. Honestly speaking, this hot shower felt like a blessing in disguise. The smell of wet soil and the fresh cold breeze made me feel like taking a nap. After about 15 minutes, the rain stopped, the sky cleared, and at that moment, the rainbow appeared across the sky over the field. I kept looking at it because it was a once-in-a-blue-moon sight, and it felt like it was straight out of a painting. When I watched this rainbow, it reminded me that every cloud has a silver lining and that this beautiful outcome often follows difficult phases. To be honest, I was over the moon when I saw it because in my city life, due to pollution and tall buildings, I hardly ever get a chance to see this kind of view. It was a spectacular view; it gave me inner peace and reminded me that sometimes the simplest sights are the real icing on the cake. Overall, it was one of the most unforgettable views that I have ever witnessed.
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